On Saturday 03 August 2002 15:48, Vinay wrote:
> how do you write accented characters?
You need to use the "compose" key. Essentially, the steps are as follows: hit
the compose key, then the accent key, and then the letter key. They can be
hit one at a time, no need to press all three at once. I have never used
SuSE, but on Debian and a 104-key keyboard (the ones with the three Windows
keys), the compose key is mapped to the right "flying window" key. Forming
accented characters with the compose key is very simple:
<right flying window key> + <,> + <c> = �
<right flying window key> + <~> + <a> = �
<right flying window key> + <'> + <e> = �
etc...
For the full list of compose sequences, see
http://www.iain.thomas.dial.pipex.com/composekeys.html. Definitely easier than
memorizing alt-#### sequences.
Hope that helps,
:Peter
