Patrick writes:
The simplest way I have found to do the special characters is to use the special "compose" key combo. If you are using SuSE 8.0, the default is Right-Shift, Right-Ctrl and Left-Windows key. That puts things in motion and from there you can type your special characters easily. There is a list of the keys needed in your: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose directory. You can also set the compose key to most any combination you want, by changing your Xmodmap file. So there ya go! é or ë or 95° and so on!
Another Kevin here. Thanks for the info; I found the file mentioned, but I've never been able to get this to work (using a Fujitsu-Siemens Laptop with "International-English" keyboard). Can you explain more specifically the key sequence and/or where to look to solve problems with this? Thanks in advance! -- Kevin Pfeiffer International University Bremen