[maemo-users] How can I type the | character ?

[From: Paul Hartman]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Johann Spies <johann.spies at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 15 March 2011 19:49, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail
> <francisco.diaztrepat at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> CTRL + Function Key (Blue Arrow) + it should appear there
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> I am afraid either I do not understand your answer or it is not working for
> me.
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> I press CTRL + Function  Key and Plus (+) and nothing happens. Just pressing
> the CTRL and FUNCTION key also does not produce a |

Actually the key is the Sym key, which is pressed in the reverse
sequence: Function Ctrl, at least on my US N900 keyboard. That will
make a pop-up menu containing various symbols and punctuation marks
that are not on the hardware keyboard.