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> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Sindi wrote:
> > > Try the following:
> > > ------------------
> > > echo -e '\753\747'
> > > ------------------
echo -e '\753' is the e umlaut,
echo -e '\747' is the c cedilla
(on VGA monitor - on TTL they are Greek characters)
I made scripts e and c.


> > How would I do this from a browser?
>
> Once you've got a character on the screen
> (eg in an xterm), you can highlight it
> with the mouse and middle-click it into
> your browser.

I avoid mice and was going to use splitvt instead, copy, switch screens, 
and paste, but the command to switch screens is Ctrl-W which is a pico 
command.  This would be okay if I needed one not two diacritics but I 
cannot switch back from pico to the screen with the characters I need to 
copy.

(I also forgot how to select text with splitvt, which you need to do 
before you Ctrl-o, c to copy, or Ctrl-o, p to paste, and the man page 
omits this information - I think you use vi keys somehow).

Other than using a mouse, or 'screen' to copy - what else do you suggest?
Can I store the special character in a file and import it into pico?

> Cheers,
> Steven