Originally Posted by
jimjim1
The old fogies among us will recall that you can get any character using the Alt key and number pad - this is very awkward on some laptops but OK on keyboards with actual number pads.
£ = [Alt]156
@ = [Alt]64
I have used this often enough over the decades that I remember 156, and of course @ is the last character before A which is 65.
For me to get the £ sign it is = Shift/Ctrl/U and then a3
Ah the joys of linux...
