Hello, On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 12:38:33AM +0100, peter plessas wrote: > i know this has been dealt with before, but i didn't find any real > answers in the list's archive: > > I have an US keyboard, how can i type umlauts such as: "ü ö ä"? > > (except for using kde's kcharselect applet (which means clicking on the > desired letter and pasting it to where it's needed?)
This is probably better asked on a more general list. In brief: a) Check your favorite editor for possible ways. E.g., in vim I type Crtl-K " a to get an ä, or Crtl-K , c to get an ç and so on. b) You can asign a compose key under X, which allows you to press, e.g., Compose " a for an ä. c) Some applications (e.g., OpenOffice.org) have built in Char-Tables, usefull if you only need an umlaut once in a while. Hope this helps, and check the docs of your X and your editor! Greetings Helge -- Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys. [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg signed mail preferred 64bit GNU powered http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/~kreutzm Help keep free software "libre": http://www.freepatents.org/
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