{"id":32097204,"user":"CorrectHorseBat","time":1657812249,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

How do you search for non-unicode characters in a pdf document?","comments":[{"id":32097363,"user":"thaumasiotes","time":1657812817,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

How do you search for them in a book?","comments":[{"id":32097754,"user":"gpderetta","time":1657814389,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

ctrl-F once you have digitized it.","comments":[{"id":32099799,"user":"jen20","time":1657823577,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

And how do you type the character you are searching for?","comments":[{"id":32100655,"user":"cgriswald","time":1657827968,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

On Ubuntu: l-ctrl+l-shift+u, <codepoint>, <enter>

Of course, that sucks, so I've programmed a nearby key to act as l-ctrl+l-shift+u.

Several characters can also be typed with Compose Key.

For characters I use regularly (in my case, generally the elder and younger futharks), I've created a keyboard out of an Elgato StreamDeck XL so I can type any of these runes with a single button press.","comments":[{"id":32102709,"user":"doubleunplussed","time":1657842201,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

The question was

> How do you search for *non-unicode* characters in a pdf document","comments":[{"id":32109662,"user":"cgriswald","time":1657901699,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

Eh. That was the original question, but I think the implication of some of subsequent questions can be interpreted in multiple ways.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":5,"url":"item?id=32109662"}],"comments_count":1,"level":4,"url":"item?id=32102709"}],"comments_count":2,"level":3,"url":"item?id=32100655"},{"id":32100404,"user":"gpderetta","time":1657826463,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

I don't think that not having a physical key on the keyboard has ever stopped anybody from inputing unicode symbols.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=32100404"},{"id":32101711,"time":1657834373,"time_ago":"4 years ago","type":"comment","content":"[deleted]","deleted":true,"comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=32101711"}],"comments_count":5,"level":2,"url":"item?id=32099799"}],"comments_count":6,"level":1,"url":"item?id=32097754"}],"comments_count":7,"level":0,"url":"item?id=32097363"}],"comments_count":8,"url":"item?id=32097204"}

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