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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: insert special characters
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2003-12-16 15:52:45
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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 00:13, Erik K. Pedersen wrote:
> Mandag 15 december 2003 02:34   skrev James Richard Tyrer:
> > Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I just filed a wish concerning handling of international characters
> > >
> > > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70405
> > >
> > > IMHO this should be solved KDE generally to handle international
> > > charactersets user friendly
> > >
> > > BTW the "select character" table is very technically , IMHO this
> > > should/could be regrouped more userfriendly i.e. by language/letter not
> > > by table.
> >
> > You can use the proper keyboard layout, which I don't exactly know how to
> > use.  Something that would provide a pop-up keyboard layout would help.
> >
> > For most Latin special characters, you can use: "US English w/deadkeys"
> > to make characters like:
> >
> > 	ä ö ñ é
> >
> > But, I don't know how to make: œ æ with the keyboard (Æ is even used in
> > English sometimes).
> >
> > --
> > JRT
> >
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> I put the æøå on the win+keys and the eject disk key by the following
> in .Xmodmap (here are also some German characters on the numeic keys):
>
> keycode  83 = ssharp
> keycode  84 = eacute
> keycode  87 = adiaeresis Adiaeresis
> keycode  88 = odiaeresis Odiaeresis
> keycode  89 = udiaeresis Udiaeresis
> keycode  115 = ae AE
> keycode  116 = oslash Ooblique
> keycode  117 = aring Aring
>
> xev can be used to find what keycode corresponds to what key
>
> Erik

And to be complete: there is also the Compose key that might help to get 
characters not directly available on the keyboard.

Have a nice day!

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