Ana Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sorry if my question is too sily but what is a compose Key? > Is it for acentuation ?
Yes, in most cases. You can compose a character using other characters with the compose key. For example, you can get ö (the german umlaut o just in case you have problems displaying this character) by using Compose " o, or æ (the ae ligature) by typing Compose a e. > The reason i'm asking this is because I thought it was to > acentuate words and when i tryed to make the .inputrc file it didn't work I have the following flags in my inputrc set: set meta-flag on set output-meta on set convert-meta off See the readline(3) manpage for more information about the meaning of the flags. Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .