There was a previous thread on this bulletin board where I explained how to enable the compose key so that any diacritic can be typed in, for example I enter ç with Compose , c. The compose key can be assigned to any handy modifier, like Right-Alt, Windows, or Menu keys. Maybe you can find it with a search on “compose key”.
There was a previous thread on this bulletin board where I explained how to enable the compose key so that any diacritic can be typed in, for example I enter ç with Compose , c. The compose key can be assigned to any handy modifier, like Right-Alt, Windows, or Menu keys. Maybe you can find it with a search on "compose key".
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**1. What is the previous thread?
How do I find it?
I tried the key combination Right-ALt. Nothing happened
Could you explain me little bit more how to do this?**
Where is my Compose key?
There is no Compose key defined in X.org by default. Before using it, you need to do some configuration to tell X which key you want to use as a Compose. Usually, right “Win” (”Super”) key is a good choice.
kdecompose.pngIn KDE, open “Keyboard layout” configuration panel (Control Center → Regional & Accessibility → Keyboard Layout) and select “Enable xkb options” checkbox on “Xkb options” tab. Then scroll the options list down to “Compose key position” section and select a checkbox for a key you want to use as a Compose.
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I don’t find the Regional & Accessbility in my version of open SuSE.**
That page I didn’t write so I am not responsible for the instructions there. I only put in that link to give the key combinations. In fact if you read my forum post more carefully I suggested that you do it a different way, in the X server configuration using YaST, which calls SaX.
In general there are two ways of modifying the keymap, either by modifying the X server’s config which is read in at startup, or by changing the keymap on the fly using the regional and accessibility config.
some, but not all of those characters are available if using something other
than the US-Intl keyboard layout…(or, at least i can say for certain that not
all listed http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/compose-key-magic/ are
available if using a Danish keyboard…
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