How to insert Unicode characters on Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Wayland

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Hi! I’m a Fedora newbie. :nerd_face: :vulcan_salute:

I’m not able to find a simple way to insert from keyboard Unicode characters. I’d like something like the Windows way, Ctrl + Alt + numpads.

I’ve searched online, asked to AI, but both Ctrl + Shift + U and KDE Compose Key ways don’t work… :\

Can someone help me about it?

I would like to avoid opening chars map (KCharSelect) every time a need a backtick or a tilde.

I’m using an Italian Generic Keyboard Layout.

Thanks.

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Does this help for backtick and tilde?

It suggests:

AltGr + ^ gives ~
AltGr + ' gives `

(See also: Wikipedia: AltGr_key#Italian_keyboard)

Beyond those two specific characters: in general, Ctrl + Shift + U followed by the code point does seem to work consistently in Plasma if you enable “iBus Wayland” as a virtual keyboard. (Without that, it only works in GTK apps.) However, I found that enabling the iBus Wayland VK gave unwanted side effects, so I ended up using compose sequences for my needs.

I don’t think you can get what you need using compose though. Tilde is ok (compose key, then space, then -), but there doesn’t seem to be a compose sequence that gives you a backtick (aka grave) if you don’t already have that character on the keyboard. Reference: GtkComposeTable - Community Help Wiki

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Thanks a lot!! Your comment is better than AI and other stuff I’ve found online.

I didn’t know that quick and useful shortcut, it’s better than the unicode way.

However, I’ve enabled iBus Wayland to try Ctrl + Shift + U for unicodes, in case of need, but I have to practice. XD

Thanks again.

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