Re: cannot type power of 1 or 2, 4-9 are typeable.

[Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@tue.nl>]

jeremy jozwik wrote:
> im trying to type [copy from character map] power of 2. i can read
> power of 2 on webpages but if i were to cope > paste from that page,
> the power displays as a normal character 2. is this a
> dpkg-reconfigure locales issue?
>
> how can i gain the ability to type a power of 2?

Assuming you talk about this character: ², which is Unicode U+00b2, or 
SUPERSCRIPT TWO, just map your keyboard to do that for you. For example 
for assigning the combination AltGr-2 (AltGr is the right-Alt, if not 
marked as such):

xmodmap -e "keycode 0x0B =  2 at 0x010000b2"

To automate this add that line in your .xsession or .xinitrc.
For many changes to the keyboard make your own .xmodmap file
and add xmodmap .xmodmap in your .xsession or .xinitrc file.

Best regards,
	Ionel