On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:16:21 -0400, Gregory Pittman wrote: > Helge Hielscher wrote: > >> *using the compose key. e.g. hold Compose and type o + ^ >> > I don't even know what a compose key is...
Wikipedia is your friend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key It is quite easy to define a compose key (if your distribution has not set up a key for you). You don't need to change your x.org config file. You can change the keys with the setxkbmap tool or a GUI frontend like the KDE Keyboard Tool kxkb: http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/kxkb/xkboptions-config.html > When I used Amigas years ago, they had a system that worked like the > deadkey but didn't involve losing a printable character to do it. Care to explain how it worked? Regards, Helge
