On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:36:05 -0500, "Bruce Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On February 15, 2004 16:09, Kevin Everets wrote: > > Under X-windows, there is a more intuitive setup but it is not > > (often) the default. First, you assign some key to be your > > "Multi_key", which is often assigned to be the right Alt key. To do > > so, create a file called "multikey.map" which contains just the line: > > > > keycode 113 = Multi_key > > > > then, run "xmodmap multikey.map" to make this compose key active. > > > > Once that's done, you can just hit Right-Alt, then an accent (such as > > "'"), then the letter (such as e) to get something like ?? (which > > might show up as an "e" with an accent on it). >
> Thanks for the suggestion. It works superbly --- with only one small > problem. My third language is Swedish and I haven't yet found the > Scandinavian "å" --- "a-circle", which, in older texts, in sometimes > printed as a double "aa". It's Right Alt - a - a, so you almost gave the answer yourself! By the way, I found out that the capital "Å" is Right Alt - Shift A - Shift A, so keep Shift down for both A's... Hej då! Arjen.