# Easy unicode entry in eclipse?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/easy-unicode-entry-in-eclipse/11206
**Category:** Tooling
**Created:** [May 28, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/easy-unicode-entry-in-eclipse/11206 "2018-05-28T18:12:17Z")
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### Author: ![sirtom67](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sirtom67/32/3689_2.png) [@sirtom67](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sirtom67)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/easy-unicode-entry-in-eclipse/11206/1 "2018-05-28T18:12:17Z")

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I just got the JuliaDT plugin for Eclipse working - so far so good, it does support syntax coloration.

Does anyone know how to enter unicode strings by looking them up e.g. “\pi” for pi?

hex lookup works by typing CTRL+SHIFT+U,(hex id),ENTER  
e.g. CTRL+SHIFT+U,3b1,ENTER becomes α  
(from [stack overflow](https://askubuntu.com/questions/655879/how-to-type-special-symbols-in-eclipse-in-android-or-office))

I guess I could do the lookups and commit some numbers to memory using this table  
[Unicode Range "Greek"](http://www.unicodemap.org/range/8/Greek/)  
BUT computers are good at this stuff and life is too short.

Thanks in advance!

- Tom