Heinz, Thanks for the suggestion. I have included your suggestion in a new release of the FAQ that I just posted.
To anyone else that has been making FAQ suggestions: please send them again. My documentation build system is working again so I can quickly add items to the FAQ now. Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: Heinz Peter Hippenstiel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: For the FAQ: German Umlauts & bash in X11 > > > Hi, > > could you add a little piece to th FAQ section 4.7? > > ----------------------------------- > 4.7. I have installed a modmap for my non-U.S. keyboard layout, > but how do I > get bash to display accents and/or umlauts? > > Add the following lines to .inputrc in your Cygwin home directory (e.g. > /home/harold/): > set meta-flag on > set output-meta on # to show 8-bit characters > set convert-meta off # to show it as character, not the octal > representation > # Mapping for german Umlauts > "\M-a": "�" > "\M-A": "�" > "\M-o": "�" > "\M-O": "�" > "\M-u": "�" > "\M-U": "�" > "\M-s": "�" > # (TODO: Mapping for accents?) > ----------------------------------- > > That will *really* make it. The Meta flags will only convert the input to > \347 or something. > > > Cheers, Heinz Peter 'HP' Hippenstiel >
