Comment by cgriswald
4 years ago
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.
The question was
> How do you search for *non-unicode* characters in a pdf document
Eh. That was the original question, but I think the implication of some of subsequent questions can be interpreted in multiple ways.