Hi Chris, Thanks for the links explaining the background info. I solved the problem by installing the locales package with en_GB selected, then running the following -
export LANG=en_GB oowriter Now the dead keys work, côôl! --- Chris Halls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 12:02, Shane McAndrew wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ locale > > LANG=POSIX > > LC_CTYPE="POSIX" > > LC_NUMERIC="POSIX" > > LC_TIME="POSIX" > > LC_COLLATE="POSIX" > > LC_MONETARY="POSIX" > > LC_MESSAGES="POSIX" > > LC_PAPER="POSIX" > > LC_NAME="POSIX" > > LC_ADDRESS="POSIX" > > LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX" > > LC_MEASUREMENT="POSIX" > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="POSIX" > > LC_ALL= > > > > Note: I don't have the "locales" package > installed, > > since I am not sure if I need it. > > You do need it. You need to have a locale which > includes the characters > that you want to type. > > Here is an openoffice issue with related > information: > > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3805 > > "as you learned from the link you posted, locale C > is a 7bit ASCII > locale. Accented characters are not defined in > there. For making the > extended latin character set work, one always has to > define an > (iso)locale. Thus OOo works as proposed. => No bug. > BTW xterm works > different." > > There is some more background information here: > > http://wauug.erols.com/~balsa/linux/deadkeys/ > > I don't know what Emacs and Mozilla do to work > around the problem. > > Chris > ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk
