yuri wrote:

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.








... that's the English/international keyboard I was talking about earlier.

Steve

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