umlauts

[<dalas@web.de>]

hi everyone!

who can tell me how to get the greman umlauts for my shell, mutt, vim and latex? which keyboard do i have to take? on server.debian.org (or so) i found some faqs which told me to use kbdconfig, but it does not work! when i'm at the login-prompt, the umlauts work, when i am in my shell, i get a 'beep' from my computer. Whats's wrong?
thanx,
Daniel
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