Re: dead_keys

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Maurits van Rees wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 09:54:28PM +0100, steef wrote:
> > in dutch we use on some fonts accents. normally under linux_unix 
> > so_called DEAD_KEYS
> > regulate this. i cannot find them in/under debian_sarge in /etc/Xconfig. 
> >
> > please can somebody tell me how to activate the DEADKEYS under sarge, so 
> > that i can use them accents *standard* with openoffice2.0.
>
> This should be handled by your display manager (KDE, Gnome, etc).  Use
> the config tools of your display manager to add a new keyboard layout.
>
> I have KDE in Dutch, so I'll give directions using the Dutch titles:
> go to "Configuratie Centrum", then "Regio en toegankelijkheid", then
> "Toetsenbordindeling", then add "V.S. Engels met dode toetsen
> (us_intl)" to your available keyboard layouts (possibly make that the
> only one or set it as the standard).  Switch layouts with CTRL-ALT-K.
>
> Note: I also use the Belgian layout which gives easy access to
> e.g. the euro sign with RIGHT_ALT-E.

But with "only" a window manager like FVWM?

I have deadkeys (I think!) by specifying:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Keyboard0"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "XkbKeymap"       "xfree86(us_intl)"
EndSection


in XF86Config-4.

H