<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="plugin-character-map" xml:lang="oc">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>

    <revision version="0.2" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Paul Weaver</name>

      <email its:translate="no">ch3pjw@bath.ac.uk</email>

    </credit>

    <desc>Insert special characters just by clicking on them.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Character Map</title>

  
The <app>Character Map</app> plugin enables you to insert characters into

  your document that you may not be able to type easily using your keyboard. To

  enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>

  <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui>

  <gui>Character Map</gui></guiseq>.

<section id="using-character-map">

  <title>Using Character Map</title>

  
Once the plugin is enabled, you can add characters from the

  <gui style="tab">Character Map</gui> tab of the side panel

  (<guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Side Panel</gui></guiseq>).

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Place the cursor at the point in your document at which you would like

      your special character.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Open the side panel by selecting <guiseq><gui>View</gui>

      <gui>Side Panel</gui></guiseq>, or by pressing <key>F9</key>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select the <gui>Character Map</gui> tab in the side panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
If necessary, choose the character set to which your character

      belongs from the list at the top of the <gui style="tab">Character

      Map</gui> tab (for example, Arabic).

    </item>

    <item>

      
Double click your desired character to insert it.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
You must click on the editing view of your document to continue editing

    normally.

  </note>

</section>

</page>