Thanks. Now I getting somewhere. But I still have two more questions. 1. What is "xkeycaps" and where do you get it from? 2. Is there a way to "sacrifice" a different key? (Instead, can we assign the back-slash key to be the 'dead' key?) Sevatio >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/15/01, 2:59:28 PM, Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [expert] Accessing French & German ASCII Characters? How? -- Answer: > It's easy. You select the "US keyboard (international)" in the Mandrake > control center -> hardware -> keyboard. > Then you can make use of "deadkeys" to type characters like � (single quote > followed by a), � (backquote followed by e), � (single quote followed by e), > � (second alt, equals sign, c -- took me a little while to find this one), > and � (shift 6 followed by e). > Download xkeycaps if you want to explore it in more detail. > -- Stephen > On Saturday 14 July 2001 11:51 pm, Sevatio wrote: > > I'm rewording my question in hopes of getting an answer. LM8.0 question: > > How do you type out French and German letters that aren't normally > > available in the English alphabet? > > > > -TIA > > Sevatio
