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Re: problem with charset in xterm



On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:18:18PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 07:13:48PM +0100, Martin Würtele wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > i have the following problem with woody:
> > i can't type äüö or ß in xterm (works here thanx to vim) but i'd like to
> > use these chars in xterm as well. btw works in the console...
> > 
> > any ideas?
> > 
> > LC* does NOT do the job :-(
> 
> ~/.Xmodmap:
> keycode 78 = Multi_key
> 
> On a "standard" PC keyboard, this will map the Scroll Lock key to the
> "Multi_key" function.  So, then you type <Scroll-Lock>"a and get ä.
> 
> If you have such keys on your keyboard, maybe you want a different
> keymap for X?
> 
the problem's only in xterm. gpg, vim, gvim, whatever else get's the german
keys as i configured x with >Option "XkbLayout"  "de"<. It's just xterm
that does not get german special chars. backspace & co work fine

martin



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