>>>>> "PF" == Peter Flynn <pflynn at imbolc.ucc.ie> writes:
PF> How do I generate accented letters from the keyboard in an application
PF> like Netscape (for forms) which has no "Special" menu to pick them
PF> from? The Alt-digits Windows trick obviously won't work...
I'm using XFree86 with the usual 102-key uk layout, and AltGr is
functioning nicely as dead-key.
Combine AltGr with:
; fada
' circumflex
# grave
[ umlaut
] tilde
followed by a normal letter, and you'll get accents. You'll get other
special characters by usuing AltGr plus various other keys,
e.g. AltGr-. gives me a bullet character. As ever, your mileage may
vary.
Jamie Zawinski's xkeycaps application is pretty good for showing
graphically how the keyboard is set up.
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