thanks!
>From: David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Cooker] compose key under X LM 8.2 >Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 12:36:53 -0700 (PDT) > >They had it working out of the box in 8.1, but in 8.2 >they modified the files: >/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/en_US >/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us > >and broke it. It looks like they still meant for it >to work, it just doesn't. I'll forward a copy of >these two files from 8.1 to the list if you're >interested, and hopefully the XFree86 package >maintainer will fix it. If not, you can use the >files. > >--- Luis M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > I finally figured out how to use the "compose" > > characters under the terminal > > (using init 3). How can I get the same effect under > > X ? > > this is how my keyboard is configured: > > Section "InputDevice" > > > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > > Driver "Keyboard" > > Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30" > > > > Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > > > EndSection > > I noticed that the Print Screen and the right > > windows are mapped to Compose > > keys. I had to manually add > > keycode 99 = Multi_key > > keycode 127 = Multi_key > > to my /etc/X11/Xmodmap file, only to find out that > > when I login via GDM this > > file is not used @#$@^% > > So when I do > > xmodmap -pk | grep -i multi_key > > I don't get any multi key (same for compose, or just > > "multi"). > > > > How should I go about so that I can type Latin1 > > characters with the default > > installation of Mandrake 8.2 using a US layout and > > the same keyboard > > configuration that I showed earlier...? > > > > > > Another related question, the compose file > > vim-compose.latin1.inc.gz (inside > > /usr/lib/kbd/include I think) it's a very nice file, > > and since I know vim > > digraphs, I would like to use that instead. for now > > I got away by editing > > /etc/init.d/keytable shell script and adding a > > loadkeys > > vim-compose.latin1.inc.gz statement to it... is > > there a better more > > generalized way of doing this? I was thinking maybe > > that file should be > > called compose.vim-latin1.inc.gz that way it could > > be loaded differently > > since the keytable init script calls > > compose.$KBCHARSET.inc at boot time. > > > > Thanks in advanced > > > > ----)(---- > > > > Luis M > > System Administrator/Web developer > > > > LatinoMixed.com > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > The chief cause of problems is solutions. > > -- Eric Sevareid > > Be secured. Sign your emails. Get my public > > signature here: > > http://www.latinomixed.com/lems1/public-a.asc > > > > Boycott los canales de habla hispana Univision y > > Telemundo: > > http://www.latinomixed.com/tvboycott.php > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > T�l�chargez MSN Explorer gratuitement � l'adresse > > http://explorer.msn.fr/intl.asp. > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness >http://health.yahoo.com > ----)(---- Luis M System Administrator/Web developer LatinoMixed.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] The chief cause of problems is solutions. -- Eric Sevareid Be secured. Sign your emails. Get my public signature here: http://www.latinomixed.com/lems1/public-a.asc Boycott los canales de habla hispana Univision y Telemundo: http://www.latinomixed.com/tvboycott.php _________________________________________________________________ T�l�chargez MSN Explorer gratuitement � l'adresse http://explorer.msn.fr/intl.asp.
