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Re: [TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard



On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:28:12PM -0400, Stephen Ball wrote:
> I just caught hold of this thread so sorry if this fix has been mentioned but 
> has anyone suggested the Multi_Key?  You can setup Xmodmap to configure a key 
> as the multi_key, right now I'm using the righthand tux (windows) key.  What 
> it does is act as a starter key for ascii combinations, for example: 
> multi_key, ", o (typed in sequence) gives an ö (o with an umlat is that 
> doesn't display correctly).  I haven't found a complete list of the multi_key 
> combinations but have found quite a few through trial and error and will be 
> happy to write up what I know if that would help.
> 
> Here's a copy of my .Xmodmap:
> 
> keycode 0x74 = Multi_key
> keycode 0x73 = Escape
> keycode 0x31 = Escape
> keycode 0x09 = grave  asciitilde

if you could write that up we'd gladly post it to
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ and study the
heck out of it.  :)

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