Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > To be concrete: Which key or combination of keys do I have to press to > > be able to compose something like ê or á? (I did this with emacs in > > the iso-accents-mode). Is it the same for the console and in X? > > > > Where can I read on how to define the compose key? > > For testing purposes, I've added a compose key as my F11 key like so: > > $ xmodmap -e "keycode 95 = Multi_key" > > But when I press [Multi_key] followed by apostrophe followed by [e], > nothing is entered and I hear a beep. > > I was expecting to see: é > > How does this work?
If you pressed each key by its own you have done it correctly. Not every X application is aware of the compose key (don't ask me why), I always use xterm or GNU Emacs 19.34 for testing, both of them works. Netscape is one of the application that doesn't notice the compose key. Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .