Then I copy the character into the document I'm working on. Others have more efficient ways to enter Unicode from their keyboards, like having a list of codes and a keyboard layout that allows the codes to be entered efficiently.
also, most platforms I have used have some kind of software to look up characters, e.g. on OSX you have something like "character map" where you can search by name/category
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> How do you get epsilon to appear in comments?
Unicode, of course: ε
When I need a Unicode character, I find it with my Unicode search page:
http://arachnoid.com/unicode
Then I copy the character into the document I'm working on. Others have more efficient ways to enter Unicode from their keyboards, like having a list of codes and a keyboard layout that allows the codes to be entered efficiently.
I just Google "unicode [name of character]". Hasn't let me down yet.
also, most platforms I have used have some kind of software to look up characters, e.g. on OSX you have something like "character map" where you can search by name/category