On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 10:57:16PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Stefan Gundel dixit: > > > > Hello, everybody, > > > > I am presently experiencing the following problem: > > > > On my hamm installation I get only beeps when pressing the diaresis keys > > on my german keyboard (i.e. adiaresis, odiaresis, udiaresis). Pressing the > > ssharp key gives me an output similar to <ESC-.> . The consoles and X > > terminals behave similarly. Issuing commands like "loadkeys ..." or > > defining a new xmodmap map didn't improve things. On the other hand I can > > display documents containing these characters and can also use the keys > > within editors like emacs or vi. > > This is my /etc/.profile file configured for the Spanish keyboard (ie. > dieresis, accents, n~,...). All you should do is changing: > export LC_ALL=es_ES > for: > export LC_ALL=es_DE >
Shouldn't it be de_DE? Check out /usr/share/locale/*. It looks like country code (probably ISO 3166) first, then language code (ISO 639). miket