> > When typing german umlauts my system behaves
> > inconsistent:
> > When typing in xterm|gnome-terminal windows they
> > don't appear. Some chars do beep, but none of the
> > umlauts appear.
The following code in your .bashrc should cure this, see stty(1):
if tty -s
then
stty pass8
fi
You should also select a display font with iso-8859-1 or -15
encoding.
> (BTW, it seems an underdocumented X feature that you can use things
> like Win-K on Any Keyboard[tm] to get an ë (eh, pine beeps while
> pico doesn't...))
Don't think so. This is language dependent. Take a look through
`xmodmap -pke` for a feeling of what wonderful »@¶³¼½³²¼¦°£¬¢ð« stuff you
can produce.
Karsten
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