On 23 Jul 2002 20:59:50 -0600 Warren Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a U.S. English keyboard, but as I sometimes write in Spanish I > often need letters with diacritical marks (accents). In Windows this is > achived through the use of alt codes: Alt+164, for example, gives the > letter n with a tilde on top (�). Are there similar shortcuts for Linux? Warren, I solve the problem by using what's called the US International keyboard driver. Mandrake offers the choice on installation. It is an English keyboard layout that uses a so-called dead-key to allow all the diacritical marks for Spanish and I'm sure for several other languages. ������ � The ' apostrophe key is the dead-key. Press ' key once then a yields �. The � is done by pressing the tilde key once then the n thus a �. On mine it's a shift-~ then an n. Easier said than done. At least with this you don't have to remember where all the keys moved to when switching from the regular English driver to the Spanish driver. I haven't used the spanish keyboard driver for over ten years. saludos, Richard. > Warren
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