On Tuesday 13 August 2002 17:55, K Pfeiffer wrote:
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?
Original Kevin here... with US-English keyboard I'm having limited success. Some combinations do what the /Compose file says they should. Others do nothing, or give different characters than expected. For example, [Multi-key][comma][comma] is supposed to generate the cedilla. Instead, I get: a) the "«" character (looks like a compressed "<<" if I keep the [Multi-key] depressed for both [commas] b) or a dead-key that does nothing else if I type the second [comma] with [Multi-key] released. My experience with Windoze has led me to expect a certain result when a dead-key is typed, followed by a letter that can accept the modification for that particular dead-key. In this case, I was expecting that a cedilla would be added to a "c" or a "C". Also, typing the suggested combination for Udiaeresis gives the expected result, but how do I get udiaeresis (the lowercase version)? Since I'm already holding down the shift key as part of the [Multi-] key combo, I seem to get the uppercase Udiaeresis all the time. If I release the [Multi] before typing the second character of the suggested combo, I get Uacute (or some other)... This is probably something quite dumb and simple, but I'm missing it. (As you can see, I don't do this often...) /kevin -- ** DIR-ty DEEDS, and they're DONE dirt cheap. (Sing it, now...)