Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Howard Eisenberger wrote:
>> For the � in ma�ana, I type ~n, for the � in gar�on, I type
>> ,c, for the � in h�sten, I type "a, etc.
>
>> This is quite similar
>> to using the compose key in Linux.
>
> Can you please explain?
My version of Linux (Debian 2.1) has a default console keymap
that defines iso-8859-1 characters as a combination of two ascii
characters following the "compose" key, which is [CTRL-.]. So
for �, I would enter CTRL-. + ' + o, etc.
It's been a while since I looked at the documentation, but all
this seems to be part of the standard installation of the
operating system. I didn't have to do anything except find out
about it. I believe there is a Keyboard How-To and more info
in "man" keytables, loadkeys, and dumpkeys. "$ dumpkeys | grep
compose" outputs a list of all the combinations.
Of course, things aren't quite so simple in DOS , but using
the keyswap program, I can create an alternate key mapping
similar to the Linux one.
Howard Eisenberger
Ottawa, Canada
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