character map?

Does SuSE have a character map like what is available on Windows? I want to
make a few international characters now and then like the ~n (n-yay in
Spanish) or the various e` in French.
How can I do this with my English keyboard? I know that in Windows, you
just hold down the Alt key and press 0 and 3 other numbers to get what you
want. What do you do in Linux?

On mine (SLED 10) it's under tools - editor - gnome character map.
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After looking around, I finally found something, KCharSelect (found it
under Utilities > Desktop > KCharSelect). It still does not have keyboard
shortcuts though but it's better than nothing.

I'm using KDE and I have SuSE 10.0.


> On mine (SLED 10) it's under tools - editor - gnome character map.
> --
> Andrew C Taubman
> Novell Support Forums Volunteer SysOp
> http://support.novell.com/forums
> (Sorry, support is not provided via e-mail)
>
> Opinions expressed above are not
> necessarily those of Novell Inc.

artist@noplacelikehome.com wrote:
> After looking around, I finally found something, KCharSelect (found it
> under Utilities > Desktop > KCharSelect). It still does not have keyboard
> shortcuts though but it's better than nothing.
>
> I'm using KDE and I have SuSE 10.0.

Doing it the hard way. Under the KDE Control Panel (aka Personal
Settings), go to Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout ->
Xkb Options. Then scroll down and find Compose Key.. and in my case
I chose the Right Windows key (choose what you want to use).

Then to do ñ you hit Right Windows + ~ followed by n

To make a ô you hit Right Windows + ^ followed by o

etc...

Chris Cox wrote:
> Then to do ñ you hit Right Windows + ~ followed by n


I type "Alt Gr"+"]" followed by "n" and it gives: ñ
Ã* ó ú á é are obtained by "Alt Gr"+ ";" followed by the vowel
ü is obtained by "Alt Gr"+ "[" followed by u
µ is "Alt Gr" + "m"
ß is "Alt Gr" + "s"

I leave the Ñ and accented capitals for you to find out :-)

Now you owe me a cerveza. ;-)

Cheers,

-G-

-G- wrote:
> Chris Cox wrote:
>> Then to do ñ you hit Right Windows + ~ followed by n
>
>
> I type "Alt Gr"+"]" followed by "n" and it gives: ñ
> Ã* ó ú á é are obtained by "Alt Gr"+ ";" followed by the vowel
> ü is obtained by "Alt Gr"+ "[" followed by u
> µ is "Alt Gr" + "m"
> ß is "Alt Gr" + "s"
>
> I leave the Ñ and accented capitals for you to find out :-)
>
> Now you owe me a cerveza. ;-)

Now if only my keyboard at an Alt Gr key! My point is that
there are easier ways to get the job done besides what the
OP suggested.