Since I've migrated to linux a few years ago, one issue still remains. The  character features a lot in my moeder taal (home language). In Windows making the character was easy, I simply had to type Alt-136 and voila!Is there a simplistic way in linux/unix to access special characters? I'd like to be able to type an  anywhere on my (or any other) system, not only in the DE, but on the command-line as well.
How do I put a hat on 'e' ()?
command line;special characters
Press Ctrl+Shift+U and an underlined U will appear. Next to it type in EA, which equals .Found the info here