On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 03:04, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:44:30AM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 00:33, Leo Spalteholz wrote: > > > Ok, maybe this is not exactly debian related but... > > > > > > I switched to debian about two years ago and havent looked back but > > > there is still one windows feature that I miss a lot. In windows, > > > you could insert special characters (like äüÜÄ etc) by holding ALT > > > and then typing the ascii value of the character so ALT-132 would be > > > ä. Now in linux the easiest way I've found is to go into > > > kcharselect, find the character, copy it to the clipboard and paste > > > it into the document. Naturally this takes about 80 times as long > > > and is a huge PITA.. Does anyone know of a comparable way to insert > > > special characters in linux? Soemthing thats fast, like through a > > > keyboard shortcut or similar... > > > > > > Thanks a bunch, > > > Leo > > > > Edit and use a personal xmodmap adding the keys you want? Use a > > pre-defined xmodmap for a keyboard layout that includes those > > characters? I personally use xmodmap.qc, as I have typed so much French > > text over the years that I am now most familiar with that layout, and I > > can easily type àáâèéêçìíîïòóôöùúûü with the standard settings. I'm not > > *exactly* sure where you would find diagrams of the key layouts - I > > learned them from MS-DOS 2.something's manual. Both Gnome and KDE have > > convenient keyboard layout switchers, so if you don't want to stay with > > the alternate one (most are qwerty, only shuffling lesser used > > punctuation,) you can switch back to the US keyboard layout. > > Do you switch keymaps, or do you use the compose key? I am using a > standard keymap and I can type stuff like àáâçèéêìíîïòóùúûü plus some > others like ß ø å ö ñ ¿ ¡ Æ · ¹ ² ° ô plus a bunch of others I can't > remember the keystrokes for. > > On this keyboard, the compose key is labeled "compose"; it's a sun type > 5 keyboard. However, on PCs I _think_ the compose key is that windows > menu key (not the windows icon, the other one). OTOH maybe that's the > key I mapped compose to using xkeycaps :-) In xkeycaps the compose key > has KeySym "Multi_key". > > Actually, I just found a file where I recorded some of this stuff. > Here goes: > > here are key combinations that I know of: > > Multi_key, A, A ::= Å > Multi_key, A, E ::= Æ > Multi_key, A, ` ::= À > Multi_key, A, ' ::= Á > Multi_key, A, ^ ::=  > Multi_key, A, " ::= Ä > Multi_key, A, ~ ::= à > Multi_key, C, , ::= Ç > Multi_key, D, - ::= Ð > Multi_key, E, ` ::= È > Multi_key, E, ' ::= É > Multi_key, E, ^ ::= Ê > Multi_key, E, " ::= Ë > Multi_key, I, ` ::= Ì > Multi_key, I, ' ::= Í > Multi_key, I, ^ ::= Î > Multi_key, I, " ::= Ï > Multi_key, N, ~ ::= Ñ > Multi_key, O, ` ::= Ò > Multi_key, O, ' ::= Ó > Multi_key, O, ^ ::= Ô > Multi_key, O, " ::= Ö > Multi_key, O, ~ ::= Õ > Multi_key, O, / ::= Ø > Multi_key, U, ` ::= Ù > Multi_key, U, ' ::= Ú > Multi_key, U, ^ ::= Û > Multi_key, U, " ::= Ü > Multi_key, Y, ' ::= Ý > Multi_key, a, a ::= å > Multi_key, a, e ::= æ > Multi_key, a, ` ::= à > Multi_key, a, ' ::= á > Multi_key, a, ^ ::= â > Multi_key, a, " ::= ä > Multi_key, a, ~ ::= ã > Multi_key, a, _ ::= ª > Multi_key, c, , ::= ç > Multi_key, c, | ::= ¢ > Multi_key, c, O ::= © > Multi_key, d, - ::= ð > Multi_key, e, ` ::= è > Multi_key, e, ' ::= é > Multi_key, e, ^ ::= ê > Multi_key, e, " ::= ë > Multi_key, i, ` ::= ì > Multi_key, i, ' ::= í > Multi_key, i, ^ ::= î > Multi_key, i, " ::= ï > Multi_key, l, - ::= £ > Multi_key, n, ~ ::= ñ > Multi_key, o, ` ::= ò > Multi_key, o, ' ::= ó > Multi_key, o, ^ ::= ô > Multi_key, o, " ::= ö > Multi_key, o, ~ ::= õ > Multi_key, o, / ::= ø > Multi_key, o, x ::= ¤ > Multi_key, o, _ ::= º > Multi_key, s, s ::= ß > Multi_key, u, ` ::= ù > Multi_key, u, ' ::= ú > Multi_key, u, ^ ::= û > Multi_key, u, " ::= ü > Multi_key, y, ' ::= ý > Multi_key, y, " ::= ÿ > Multi_key, y, = ::= ¥ > Multi_key, ?, ? ::= ¿ > Multi_key, |, | ::= ¦ > Multi_key, <, < ::= « > Multi_key, >, > ::= » > Multi_key, ., . ::= · > Multi_key, ,, , ::= ¸ > Multi_key, :, - ::= ÷ > Multi_key, ", " ::= ¨ > Multi_key, ', ' ::= ´ > Multi_key, -, - ::= > Multi_key, -, , ::= ¬ > Multi_key, +, - ::= ± > Multi_key, 1, 2 ::= ½ > Multi_key, 1, 4 ::= ¼ > Multi_key, 3, 4 ::= ¾ > > HTH, That is roughly what characters I have, but on my keyboard, there are a number of "dead keys" that you hit for the accent, and then the letter to be given the accenting. For some others - punctuation - the right alt, and when available, the right logo key function as an "alternate characters" shift - with that I get access to square and curly paranthesis, the tilde, the at symbol, and the backslash. Some other punctuation is moved about. I generally stick with xmodmap.qc personally, as all of the US English characters are available through it, only switching when I need to transcribe something in another alphabet (My rule of thumb is that changing languages of what is said via a phrase book and/or dictionary is not translating, but transcribing, particularly if I have to sound out the words to hear what I am saying.) All that said, Linux does let the user set up the keyboard how they need it, via tools such as loadkeys (on the console) and xmodmap (with X11.) xkeycaps also is very useful in seeing what characters are where in the various pre-defined keymaps. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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