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How to configure keyboard shortcuts for special character on OS X? For example, one would set ALT+C to ©.

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To type © on a Mac, it's Alt+g

To configure keyboard shortcuts for special characters on OS X:

System Preferences > Language & Text > Text > Symbol & Text substitution. Use the + on the bottom of the list to add the ones you want.

EDIT 08/19/12:

According to http://www.macworld.com/article/1160500/text_substitutions.html, you can make Text Substitution universal in Macs by executing the command in Terminal:

defaults write -g WebAutomaticTextReplacementEnabled -bool true
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I have made an edit to the answer, hope this helps. – superuser Aug 19 '12 at 4:18
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Symbol & Text substitution is not working for my editor, sublime. – Dokkat Aug 19 '12 at 4:29
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I'm not familiar with Sublime, but I found this article which might help in your case: macworld.com/article/1160500/text_substitutions.html – superuser Aug 19 '12 at 4:38
@superuser, that link contains some nice info. Please add the defaults write and Edit > Substitutions to your answer. – Randolph West Aug 19 '12 at 6:03
The defaults command does the same thing as the checkbox in the Language & Text preference pane. – Lauri Ranta Aug 19 '12 at 9:45
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Create ~/Library/KeyBindings/ and save a property list like this as DefaultKeyBinding.dict:

{
    "~c" = (insertText:, "©");
}

Applying changes requires reopening applications. The custom keybindings don't work in all applications or views, but they do seem to work in Sublime Text 2.

For more information, see hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/Site/Cocoa%20Text%20System.html and lri.me/keybindings.html.

You could also make a custom keyboard layout with Ukelele or create a private.xml in KeyRemap4MacBook.

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