On 3/23/06, Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 04:52:54PM +0000, Dan Track wrote: > > I'm telnetting to a cisco router and running a traceroute. Now to > > escape the traceroute I need to run the following key combination > > ctrl+shift+6 . The problem is that it just prints the number "6". How > > can I solve this? > > That's the default input method assuming that you're trying to enter an > arbitrary Unicode code point by inputting its code in hexadecimal. > > By default, the option to switch to a different input method isn't > provided, but you can switch it on either by popping open gconf-editor > and find the /desktop/gnome/interface section, and then toggling on > "show_input_method_menu", or by running this from a shell: > gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/interface/show_input_method_menu -t boolean true > > Then, right-click in the terminal window and switch to something like > the "X Input Method", which doesn't provide that. > > Then again, you may want to check if Ctrl+6 does what you need, as > pressing Shift may not be necessary. > > HTH, > > Nalin Hi Many thanks for your reply. Could you point me in the right direction to where I can read up on "input methods" I don't actually know what they are. Thanks Dan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
