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I realize there's probably a simple answer to this question. I come from Ubuntu (Unity) and am used to type unicode symbols with Ctrl+Shift+U, followed by the symbol's code and Enter.
This doesn't seem to work in Mint 17 (Cinnamon). I googled around and didn't find an answer to this.
How do you enter unicode symbols?
I did some research on this, and apparently the en vogue input system at the moment is IBus. It supports GTK+ and Qt.
Here is what I did to set it up on a Debian system:
ibus, ibus-gtk, ibus-qt4, and ibus-m17n. The latter contains the input method that supports entering Unicode characters by codepoint. There are several other packages that contain other input methods, mostly aimed at CJK.konsole (or whatever) window in that environment.konsole window, find the IBus icon in the system tray and choose the "unicode (m17n)" input method. If it says "No input window", you probably don't have the right window focused. (Kind of annoying when you use focus follows mouse. It's probably possible to configure this better.)2468 (hexadecimal, as before). Voilà!Well, there is no "Up" really. They may be displayed stacked in expo mode but that depends on how many you have defined. Anyway, you should be able to set this in Cinnamon Settings. You need to find the "Keyboard" section and choose the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab:
Change the shortcuts for "Switch to left workspace" and "Switch to right workspace" to Ctrl+Shift+Up and Ctrl+Shift+Down respectively and you should get what you want.
Best Answer
The following steps fixed it for me:
Navigate into your System Settings → Languages → Input Methods.
If "IBus" is not available in the "Input Method" drop-down menu, click the "Add Support for IBus" button. Else, continue to step 3.
Select "IBus" from the "Input Method" dropdown Menu.
Restart your Machine.