On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 10:17:25AM -0500, Michael Martinell wrote:
> How does one use the extended ascii character sets?
>
> I am referring to the alt + number combinations that I like to use in
> passwords. For example: alt + 0161 = an upside down exclamation mark. When
> used in passwords most cracking software does not work since they do not
> check for the extended set even in brute force hacks.
I use the Afrikaans locale (LANG=af_ZA) and I can get ê by typing ^
and e and ö with " and o. To be able to do this, I use the
us-intl.iso01.kmap.gz keymap (sudo install-keymap
/usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwerty/us-intl.iso01.kmap.gz)
In X11 I use the same technique after "setxkbmap us_intl".
In the console I also use the Compose function e.g. typing Cntrl . ss to
get ß and Cntrl . SS to get § of Cntrl . ^a to get â.
Regards
Johann
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