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How can I type the symbol Θ (theta) on an Irish keyboard layout (mostly the same as UK layout) using Linux? Seems a lot of hassle to go copy and paste it from somewhere everytime I need it,.

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  • why don't you use the character map ?
    – saplingPro
    Aug 27, 2012 at 7:49

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For Linux (Gnome), press and hold Ctrl+Shift, then type U. After that, you enter the hex Unicode value. For Theta, this is 398. (The symbol will not appear until you press another key, such as space. This is reasonable: you may want more digits, such as U+3987, 㦇.)

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  • Just does not work for me (Ubuntu 10.04, Gnome of course)
    – Catherine
    Aug 3, 2010 at 20:42
  • Sorry, it's ctrl+shift, not ctrl+alt Aug 3, 2010 at 20:56
  • Still doesn't work for me (in plain gedit); also, it's better to just fix the errors when editing because, for example, it took me three reads to notice the change.
    – Catherine
    Aug 3, 2010 at 20:59
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    Sorry about the editing. So, when you press and hold ctrl+shift, and you press "u", do you get an underlined "u" on your screen? if so, all you have to do, while keeping the keys pressed, is enter 398. At least that is how it works for me. Did you do it like that? Aug 3, 2010 at 21:01
  • Ahem. Yes, the underlined "u" appears, and when I type 398 after that, theta is typed. But it does not work without the "u", and you did not mention that in your answer. Also, you do not need to keep Ctrl+Shift pressed, you can release them and press Enter after typing "398" too.
    – Catherine
    Aug 3, 2010 at 21:03

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