On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 10:58:22AM +0530, Thomas Vazhappilly wrote:
> Hi..!
> 
> I am a migrant from MS Windoz to Gnu/Linux. Only one problem where I stuck
> is, I cannot key in some characters in UTF-8 such as "CURRENCY SIGN" as in
> typing MS Windoz. In MSW I can get the character by holding the alt key and
> type 0164 and on release the alt key, I get the  "CURRENCY SIGN" in the
> editor.
> 
> Is there a ditto input method in Debian Gnu/Linux system? Somebody help.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Currency sign may be done just by simple compose with binary code trick.

But if you wish to type any indic fancy text, I recommend you to look
into ibus or SCIM tool chain which provide GUI input method.

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch08.en.html#_the_input_method_support_with_ibus

Osamu


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