On Aug 2, 3:40 pm, Pierfrancesco Caci <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> "Merciadri" == Merciadri Luca <[email protected]> writes: > > Merciadri> Pierfrancesco Caci <[email protected]> writes: > >> did you try to configure a compose key instead of using the > >> dead accents ? I find it much easier to use. --> àéïôūç it's an > >> X setting anyway, nothing to do with emacs afaik. > >> > >> -- Pierfrancesco Caci > > Merciadri> How can I do this? > > this is getting off-topic, but then: > > from the gnome menu: system->preferences->keyboard, select the layout > tab, click on layout option, choose a compose key position of your > taste (i usually keep it on the 'menu' key). You then get accented > letters by using 'compose accent letter' i.e. to get á you tap the > newly defined compose key, then tap the ' then tap the a. > > If you're not using gnome, it can be done with xkeycaps or even by > fiddling with xorg.conf directly, but's been a long time and I don't > really remember how right now. > > This works best if you are using a plain US-english keyboard and > layout, of course, otherwise you miss the standalone accents needed > for the trick. > > A full list of compose combinations is somewhere under /usr/share/keymaps > > Pf > > -- > Pierfrancesco Caci
Thanks for this answer. Anyway, using System > Preferences > Keyboard, Layouts on both computers, doing what you want me to do, does not make it work better. Here is a description of the problems on both PC's: laptop -> all accents always work, except in Emacs (and thus in Gnus). For example, typing ``^'' then ``e'' in gedit makes the good thing; station -> the only accent which does not work is the ^. Whatever the program, the ``^'' is never put on the ``e.'' Thanks for your patience. _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
