On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:13:10PM +0100, TJ wrote: (...) > How to use compose? > well to get a "ä" (a umlaut) > press compose (right win)(and release, not hold) then press " > (shift+2 on uk keyboards) then press a. > compose will combine the " and a to give you ä > also: compose then s then s, gives you ß (German ss) > or: compose then o then c, gives © (copyright char) > > all composes are compose then two chars, try it.
The problem is that in some locales... compose key has no effect. See #264557 Mike
