I'd like to help you out, and I'll try to do so. I think you can get the X's XKB to do your bidding in this case, but I'm not sure. Pardon my ignorance but what are 'dead keys'?
Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Debian for some time now and something is really bothering me: > using the compose key to get accented characters (that 3 key strokes instead > of > 2 and not very ergonomic). > > As a Portuguese speaker very often I need to write documents where there are > lots of accents and most of the X applications don't support them well. > > I would like to know if there is any STANDARD way to add to X the ability to > deal with dead keys. > > I am already using a package called: > > /sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/diacrd-brazilian-0.31.1 > > which, in spite of some small bugs, it works well. It uses a kernel-patch and > a daemon to translate accents when we use the keyboard in raw mode (i.e. on > X). After I installed it all my X applications started working: netscape, > staroffice and more. > > But I am no hacker, so I feel uncomfortable on using such non-official kernel > patches. More than that, if I understood well some comments from the authors > this package introduces some security problems (that I think are not important > to me since my computer is stand-alone with only ppp access to the net trough > a provider). > > So once more my question: is there any canonical way to convince X to work > with dead keys? > > Surely such a support would be very welcomed by lots of Latin languages > speakers. > > Thank you. > > Paulo. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
