John King-2 wrote:
>
> TerryJ wrote:
> /snip
>
>>
>> Greetings. I am struggling to understand this. I have amended
>> /etc/X11/Xmodmap to include the following line: keycode 115 =
>> Multi_key
>>
>> Keycode 115 is the left winkey. There remain at least 2 things
>> I do not understand:
>>
>> 1. The layout of my compose file (
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose ) is quite
>> different from that
>> in http://andrew.triumf.ca/iso8859-1-compose.html . These are
>> typical lines:
>>
>> - - - - quote - - - -
>> <Multi_key> <plus> <plus> : "#" numbersign
>> <Multi_key> <apostrophe> <space> : "'" apostrophe
>> - - - end quote - - -
>>
>> winkey, +, + does not produce # yet - perhaps I have to
>> shutdown and
>> re-start the system first? I guess that I am able to amend the
>> file (as long as I can find the right jargon) so that the key
>> combinations and
>> results suit me better - is that correct? I have to hack the
>> files because there is no tool on the desktop I'm using to
>> alter keyboard arrangements in this way.
>>
>> 2. What is a "dead key"? Do I already have one or more or do I
>> have to do something to kill (an) existing key/s?
>>
>> Thanks for the information.
>
> Terry
>
> Depending on what you are trying to achieve, I doubt if it's
> necessary for you to make all the changes listed in that article
> if you are using a recent distribution and either kde or gnome
> with openoffice. The article's usefulness to me was its listing
> of the key combinations to create accented characters using
> either compose or AltGr.
>
> So before we consider the questions you put above, could you
> clarify
> a. your distribution
> b. whether you are using gnome or kde
> c. the version of openoffice you have installed
> d. what you are trying to do - ie what kind of characters you
> want to produce.
>
> thanks
>
> --
>
> John
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Thanks for replying. I am using PCLinuxOS with the Xfce desktop. My OOo
version is 2.0.2 and these are (some at least of) the characters I'd like to
use: § © ® ¼ ½ ¾ ¢ £ ¥ ç è é ê ü ß ï ÷ ± ° When I track down symbols for
trademark and the euro, those too.
Cheers.
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