Re: keyboard HOWTO

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote:
> In Keyboard HOWTO I found this:
> 
> ...
> 
>   8.5.  Composing symbols
> 
>   One symbol may be constructed using several keystrokes.
> 
>   o  LeftAlt-press, followed by a decimal number typed on the keypad,
>      followed by LeftAlt-release, yields the symbol with code given by
>      this number.  (In Unicode mode this same mechanism, but then with 4
>      hexadecimal digits, may be used to define a Unicode symbol.)
> 
> ...
> 
> I have tried LeftAlt with numbers from keypad and the others,
> I tried RightAlt, windows keys, menu key, anything else I could
> imagine. If press LeftAlt key and I type 123 and then I release
> LeftAlt I don't get {, but instead I get 123 in the same time I
> type it not after I release the LeftAlt key.
> 
> I would like to know if this feature is working for someone
> on the list.

If numlock is on, it works here on the console.  If not, not.
How it is done in X11 I don't know.

Cheers,


Joost