[SLUG] accented characters

[Al Girling]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 12:43:46AM GMT, Gavin Baker wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 13:02 -0500, john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
> 
> > How do I type accented characters?
> 
> ¿de ésta forma? Así escribí esta oración con maña. Es fácil y sin ratón.
> 
> > In windows, for n with a ~ on top, I used to hold alt and, on the
> > numeric pad, type 241, then release the alt.
> 
> You need to lookup the character code before you can type it?
> 
> Linux uses a "Compose" key, both in the console, and under X. To get a ñ
> you press the Compose key, then press "n", then press "~". (In the
> console, the "~" would come before the "n"). 
> 
> All other characters are similar. ç = compose "c" ",". æ = compose "a"
> "e". ó = compose "o" "'" etc...

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You might like to try the Alt Gr key as well.  The page I found:

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Accented_Characters

gives good details.  Although I found that some key combinations seemed
to think my keyboard was still set to an American English one.

Things like Alt Gr+{ then 'a' gives me an ä.

Have fun.

Toodle pip,

Al

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