altgr shift character selector "latin small letter with breve\ linux don' want to get too distracted by international charactersbut ought to mention that the hardest part of using them in python is typically getting them into python in the first place there are three "easyways there are key combinations that generate special characters on linuxfor examplethe combination of the three keys [altgr][shift]and [#set up the breve accent to be applied to the next key pressed perhaps easier is the "character selectorapplication this runs like freestanding "insert special characterfunction from word processor you can select character from itcopy it to the clipboard and paste it into any document you want finallypython supports the idea of "unicode codesthe two characters "\ufollowed by the hexadecimal (base code for the character in the unicode tables will represent that character you have all memorized your code tableshaven' you