Re: Special character Emacs

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Andreas Wittmann wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> i'm using Emacs 21.4.1 with ubuntu hardy, today i established that it
> isn't possible for me to use the '^'-sign in emacs. Especially i ned
> this character very often when working with LaTeX or R. Can someone
> give me a hint what to do here? I guess there's something missing in
> the .emacs-file? I have a Samsung R50 laptop with a german keybord.
> I found out that if i do 'C-x 8' then it is possible to do the ^ sign,
> but i
> would be much better if this is also possible after loading emacs.
> 
> 
> Here's my .emacs.file
> 
> (custom-set-variables
>   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/
> paste it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  '(case-fold-search t)
>  '(column-number-mode t)
>  '(current-language-environment "German")
>  '(default-input-method "german-postfix")
>  '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
>  '(iso-accents-mode t)
>  '(iso-accents-customize "german")
>  '(iso-ascii-convenient t)
>  '(latin1-display t nil (latin1-disp))
>  '(line-number-mode t)
>  '(mouse-wheel-mode t nil (mwheel))
>  '(paren-mode (quote paren) nil (paren))
>  '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select))
>  '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
>  '(standard-indent 2)
>  '(tab-always-indent nil)
>  '(tab-width 2)
>  '(truncate-lines t))
> (custom-set-faces
>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste
> it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  '(default ((t (:size "10pt" :family "Courier New")))))
> 
> Thank you and best regards
> 
> Andreas

If this is the caret (on 6 key on American keyboards) then you could 
certainly just assign an unused key or key combo to this character using 
define-key or global-set-key:

(global-set-key [f6] (lambda () (interactive) (insert  ?^ )))


Put in .emacs or evaluate with C-x C-e

But the gurus will certainly have something more elegant.

Ed