Am Mo, den 16.08.2004 schrieb Shot um 20:23: > Hello. > > I'm using GNOME 2.6 with the Polish keyboard layout, but I'd like to > be able to input some custom characters easily (curly quotes, em and > en dashes, ellipsis, some German characters, etc.). > > I've read the standard way to do it is through xmodmap/xkeycaps, but > then I've also read it's not working in GNOME 2.6/Metacity (at least > not the way it does in other DEs/WMs). Is this the right path to follow? > If so, what's the solution to have xmodmap working in GNOME 2.6? You can still use xmodmap and xkbcomp with GNOME. Just let gnome-session run a little script at login time which invokes either xmodmap or xkbcomp with your keymap. GNOME's keyboard applet isn't any good for really custom stuff. > I also remember reading something about the compose key, and, fair > enough, I can assign the compose key to Caps Lock, and it works (i.e. > I can get the ae ligature). Is there a list of all characters one can > generate this way (and how to generate them)? Have a look at /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale > Can I somehow define my > own combinations (e.g. for curly quotes)? Maybe you can modify those files. I don't think there's any way not requiring root permissions (which is sad). -- Best Regards, | I couldn't afford a cool signature, Sebastian | so I just got this one.
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