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     KEYBOARD(6)                                           KEYBOARD(6)

     NAME
          keyboard - how to type characters

     DESCRIPTION
          Keyboards are idiosyncratic.  It should be obvious how to
          type ordinary ASCII characters, backspace, tab, escape, and
          newline.  In Plan 9, the key labeled Return or Enter gener-
          ates a newline (0x0A); if there is a key labeled Line Feed,
          it generates a carriage return (0x0D); Plan 9 eschews CRLFs.
          All control characters are typed in the usual way; in par-
          ticular, control-J is a line feed and control-M a carriage
          return.  On the Safari, the key labeled Caps Lock acts as an
          additional control key.

          The delete character (0x7F) may be generated by a different
          key, one near the extreme upper right of the keyboard.  On
          the Next it is the key labeled `*' (not the asterisk above
          the 8).  On the SLC, delete is labeled Num Lock (the key
          above Backspace labeled Delete functions as an additional
          backspace key).  On the other keyboards, the key labeled Del
          generates the delete character.

          The view character (0x80), used by 8½(1) and sam(1), causes
          windows to scroll forward.  It is generally somewhere near
          the lower right of the main key area.  The scroll character
          is generated by the VIEW key on the Gnot, the Alt Graph key
          on the SLC, and any of the three arrow keys ←, ↓, and → on
          the other terminals.

          Characters in Plan 9 are runes (see utf(6)). Any 16-bit rune
          can be typed using a compose key followed by several other
          keys.  The compose key is also generally near the lower
          right of the main key area: the NUM PAD key on the Gnot, the
          Alternate key on the Next, the Compose key on the Slc, the
          Option key on the Magnum, and either Alt key on the Safari.
          After typing the compose key, type a capital `X' and exactly
          four hexadecimal characters (digits and `a' to `f') to type
          a single rune with the value represented by the typed num-
          ber.  There are shorthands for some characters.  Follow the
          compose key with appropriate two-character sequence to gen-
          erate the desired rune:

               ¡   !!      ¢   c$      £   l$      ¤   g$
               ¥   y$      ¦   ||      §   SS      ¨   ""
               ©   cO      ª   sa      «   <<      ¬   no
               ­   --      ®   rO      ¯   __      °   de
               ±   +-      ²   s2      ³   s3      ´   ''
               µ   mi      ¶   pg      ·   ..      ¸   ,,
               ¹   s1      º   s0      »   >>      ¼   14
               ½   12      ¾   34      ¿   ??      À   `A

     KEYBOARD(6)                                           KEYBOARD(6)

               Á   'A      Â   ^A      Ã   ~A      Ä   "A
               Å   oA      Æ   AE      Ç   ,C      È   `E
               É   'E      Ê   ^E      Ë   "E      Ì   `I
               Í   'I      Î   ^I      Ï   "I      Ð   D-
               Ñ   ~N      Ò   `O      Ó   'O      Ô   ^O
               Õ   ~O      Ö   "O      ×   mu      Ø   /O
               Ù   `U      Ú   'U      Û   ^U      Ü   "U
               Ý   'Y      Þ   |P      ß   ss      à   `a
               á   'a      â   ^a      ã   ~a      ä   "a
               å   oa      æ   ae      ç   ,c      è   `e
               é   'e      ê   ^e      ë   "e      ì   `i
               í   'i      î   ^i      ï   "i      ð   d-
               ñ   ~n      ò   `o      ó   'o      ô   ^o
               õ   ~o      ö   "o      ÷   -:      ø   /o
               ù   `u      ú   'u      û   ^u      ü   "u
               ý   'y      þ   |p      ÿ   "y      α   *a
               β   *b      γ   *g      δ   *d      ε   *e
               ζ   *z      η   *y      θ   *h      ι   *i
               κ   *k      λ   *l      μ   *m      ν   *n
               ξ   *c      ο   *o      π   *p      ρ   *r
               ς   ts      σ   *s      τ   *t      υ   *u
               φ   *f      χ   *x      ψ   *q      ω   *w
               Α   *A      Β   *B      Γ   *G      Δ   *D
               Ε   *E      Ζ   *Z      Η   *Y      Θ   *H
               Ι   *I      Κ   *K      Λ   *L      Μ   *M
               Ν   *N      Ξ   *C      Ο   *O      Π   *P
               Ρ   *R      Σ   *S      Τ   *T      Υ   *U
               Φ   *F      Χ   *X      Ψ   *Q      Ω   *W
               ←   <-      ↑   ua      →   ->      ↓   da
               ↔   ab         fa         te         pd
                  es         De         gr         !m
                  st         **         bu         sr
                  pt         if      ∠   an      ∧   l&
               ∨   l|      ∩   ca      ∪   cu      ∫   is
               ∴   tf      ≃   ~=      ≅   cg      ≈   ~~
               ≠   !=      ≡   ==      ≦   <=      ≧   >=
               ⊂   sb      ⊃   sp      ⊄   !b      ⊆   ib
               ⊇   ip      ⊕   O+      ⊖   O-      ⊗   Ox
               ⊢   tu      ⊨   Tu      ⋄   lz      ⋯   el

          Note the difference between ß (ss) and µ (micron) and the
          Greek β and μ.  As well, white and black chess pieces may be
          escaped using the sequence color (w or b) followed by piece
          (k for king, q for queen, r for rook, n for knight, b for
          bishop, or p for pawn).

     SEE ALSO
          Intro(1), ascii(1), tcs(1), 8½(1), sam(1), cons(3), utf(6)