It must be something to do with some option I ticked during install, but on the laptop running Mandrake 10.0, I need to hit the space-bar after any of the keys " ' ~ ^ `. If I hit any other key after one of these, I get an accented character. This is in any app, including bash in an xterm and bash at a text console. Now that I'm used to it, I like it that way. Note that this is all without any shift, alt, ctrl or anything.
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:53:37 +1300, Ross Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:33, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > My question, is there a way to create this character from the keyboard? > > > > Yes, several. Follow the thread at: > > > > http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-kde/2004-Oct/0094.html > > > > You could also write a quick script which dumps all 256 characters into > > a file, display that file with an editor and use copy/paste. I'd call > > that a cludge though if there ever was one, but it's ok in an emergency. > > > > Volker > > My solution. > > Run the folowing command; > > setxkbmap -option compose:ralt > > Under X hold down the right alt key and the shift key together, strike the ^ > and A keys in quick succession. > > � � > > To find the key sequence you require run the following command; > > dumpkeys |grep compose > > Cheers Ross Drummond > > PS. Tested with konsole and kwrite > > PPS. /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/compose seems to be the relevant file. > >
