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Title: Input of umlauts using the compose key

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Input of umlauts using the compose key

By combining a key and the compose key (which is the right Ctrl- oder Strg-key) it is possible to type umlauts and other special characters. The keys are pressed one after another - don´t keep it pressed as you might be used to it.

Example:
	Compose ' a : á
	Compose ` a : à
	Compose ^ a : â
	Compose ~ a : ã
	Compose " a : ä
	Compose a e : æ
	Compose , c : ç

To enable this feature the following line has to be added to/etc/XF86Config, keyboard section:

       RightCtrl Compose

This entry is commented out by default.

The key should be mapped to Multi-Key using xmodmap:

       keycode 0x6D = Multi_key

Bugs:

There are still some programs which completely ignore these settings, like color_xterm

Keywords: COMPOSE, UMLAUT, SUN

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