Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-17 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I had this in my ~/.Xmodmap file to test out dead keys and the compose key... !!See /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/iso8859-2/Compose for keysym names. !! F9 is a dead key: => é keycode 75 = dead_acute !! F11 is a Compose key: <'> => é keycode 95 = Multi_key To figure out wha

Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-17 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Paulo Jose da Silva e Silva wrote: > First, thank you for all the help. > > Well, today I decided to read more carefully about what does XKB > support. > > The main texts where I got information (after digging the net) were: > > http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/deadkeys/ > http://web.fdn.fr/~tquino

Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-17 Thread Paulo Jose da Silva e Silva
First, thank you for all the help. Well, today I decided to read more carefully about what does XKB support. The main texts where I got information (after digging the net) were: http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/deadkeys/ http://web.fdn.fr/~tquinot/dead-keys.en.html And the README file in the dia

Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-16 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > Jens B. Jorgensen writes: > > 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'? > > > > Thank you for your attention.

Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-16 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
Jens B. Jorgensen writes: > 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'? > Thank you for your attention. Dead keys are keys that don't get processe

Re: Dead keys in X.

1998-07-16 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
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 m

Dead keys in X.

1998-07-16 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
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