Re: Dead keys in X.
I'd like to help you out, and I'll try to do so. I think you can get the X's XKB to do
your bidding in this case, but I'm not sure. Pardon my ignorance but what are 'dead
keys'?
Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Debian for some time now and something is really bothering me:
> using the compose key to get accented characters (that 3 key strokes instead of
> 2 and not very ergonomic).
>
> As a Portuguese speaker very often I need to write documents where there are
> lots of accents and most of the X applications don't support them well.
>
> I would like to know if there is any STANDARD way to add to X the ability to
> deal with dead keys.
>
> I am already using a package called:
>
> /sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/diacrd-brazilian-0.31.1
>
> which, in spite of some small bugs, it works well. It uses a kernel-patch and
> a daemon to translate accents when we use the keyboard in raw mode (i.e. on
> X). After I installed it all my X applications started working: netscape,
> staroffice and more.
>
> But I am no hacker, so I feel uncomfortable on using such non-official kernel
> patches. More than that, if I understood well some comments from the authors
> this package introduces some security problems (that I think are not important
> to me since my computer is stand-alone with only ppp access to the net trough
> a provider).
>
> So once more my question: is there any canonical way to convince X to work
> with dead keys?
>
> Surely such a support would be very welcomed by lots of Latin languages
> speakers.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Paulo.
>
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