Struggling with this and don't know who else to ask ....
I have just found out how to produce accented characters when typing, e.g., an email, via <ctrl><shift>u<code> where "<code>" is the unicode hex number for producing the desired symbol. E.g. <ctrl><shift>ue9 produces e-acute.
Fine. Except ... any hex numbers that involve "f" result in a "find" menu popping up --- instead of the character I want being produced.
I figure there *must* be a way to switch off or disable this annoying useless pop-up menu so that it does not interfere with getting accented characters. But I'm damned if I can find a way. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
The annoying phenomenon seems to be associated with the Gnome terminal; I have just realized that it *doesn't* arise when I am actually composing an email (in a Thunderbird email window). In the Gnome terminal there is a "Search" item on the menu bar and that indicates that <ctrl><shift>f is a "short-cut" for "Find".
Thanks for any insights.
cheers,
Rolf Turner