On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 06:18:18PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 07:13:48PM +0100, Martin Würtele wrote: > > hi, > > > > i have the following problem with woody: > > i can't type äüö or ß in xterm (works here thanx to vim) but i'd like to > > use these chars in xterm as well. btw works in the console... > > > > any ideas? > > > > LC* does NOT do the job :-( > > ~/.Xmodmap: > keycode 78 = Multi_key > > On a "standard" PC keyboard, this will map the Scroll Lock key to the > "Multi_key" function. So, then you type <Scroll-Lock>"a and get ä. > > If you have such keys on your keyboard, maybe you want a different > keymap for X? > the problem's only in xterm. gpg, vim, gvim, whatever else get's the german keys as i configured x with >Option "XkbLayout" "de"<. It's just xterm that does not get german special chars. backspace & co work fine
martin