[gucharmap][] is a nice tool for finding Unicode encodings for
whichever character you're looking for.
+Another approach to binding special characters is to use the
+[[compose_key]]. For example, I use Xmodmap for Greek letters, and
+XCompose for accented characters.
+
[unicode]: http://www.physics.drexel.edu/liki/index.php/Unicode
[gucharmap]: http://gucharmap.sourceforge.net/