On 2012-02-01 14:37:42 +0000, Curt wrote: > No, the _OP_ said he had a standard _US_ keyboard, which doesn't have a > compose key, which is why this thread exists in the first place (that, > and the OP's shaky Google Fu). > > But it's all right because all he has to do is the following (I think): > > setxkbmap -rules evdev -model evdev -layout us -variant altgr-intl > > and he'll have one (AltGr) like the rest of the civilized world (the > above is superior, it seems, to the 'dead key' solution, and also to the > 'Dead Sea' solution, which hasn't been tried since Moses anyway).
I use Alt/AltGr to get dead keys, e.g. AltGr-[ e -> é AltGr-] e -> è AltGr-; e -> ë AltGr-# e -> ê AltGr-~ e -> ẽ I've also remapped functions keys to get the most common accented characters, but not all keyboards have working function keys. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
