Ken Moffat wrote:
> I'm reluctant to try gnome-terminal, even though it looks as if it
> will "do the right thing" here - one reason is that I'm interested
> in accented characters. With xterm I can input e.g. circumflex
> accents on w and y like in Welsh : ŵŷ using the 'dead_circumflex'
> (AltGr + ' used as a modifier, then the character), or e.g. a double
> acute accent on o (like in hungarian) using
> Compose [ Multi_key ] = o (need to define Multi_key, and need to
> hold it down while pressing the others).
>
> My impression is that those specific examples don't work in any
> gtk2 app (although most other AltGr or Compose options do).
Sounds like you found the terminal you want, but I just wanted to
dispell the above myth. In my experience, gtk2 will respect the compose
button I put in xorg.conf (no AltGr for me). For instance, I sometimes
have to write Jürg in these emails, and I just did it using my compose
key that I map with this in xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "MS Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"
EndSection
Gtk2 also provides a neat utility if you know the Unicode value of the
character. Control + Shift + <code>. For instance, ü is Control + Shift
+ <fc>.
Here's something helpful I found on the interweb a while back.
http://process-of-elimination.net/wiki/Means_of_Composing_Accented_Characters_in_X_Window_System
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Dan
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