Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Or is a non-English keyboard map sufficient ? > > If more than a key.map is needed, what might this be ? > > Does anyone know how to configure a keyboard to allow the insertion > of accented characters under X? > > I know it's got something to do with dead keys, but I never got this > to work.
You can either use the Compose key (e.g., press Compose, Apostroph, and "a" in succession to get the accented a) or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config to set the XkbVariant to "deadkeys". Look into 'man 5 XF86Config' for more information. Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .