On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:08:53PM +0200, Xavier wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:57:28PM +0200, Adrien Barilly wrote: > > You might also want to map the 'Multi_key' to a key of your keyboard (in > > my case, RAlt, keycode 113); this would make the key a 'dead key': press > > it, press the modifier and finally press the letter. Alright, that makes > > 3 keys for one character; but it allows you to make a lot of other > > characters. > > > > Examples: > > Multi_key + ' + e = é > > Multi_key + ` + e = è > > Multi_key + , + c = ç > > but also > > Multi_key + c + c = č > > Multi_key + o + u = ů > > Multi_key + ~ + n = ñ > > Multi_key + c + t = ť > > or almost anything you can think of (useful if you want to write in > > several languages). > > > > > > Yep, that's what I was using lately, us + compose key. > I just found 3 keys too painful : é à and ç are directly available on the > azerty layout, and are quite frequently needed. > Now I have them available with two keys : altgr+w, altgr+a, altgr+c, which is > still practical. > > But indeed, the compose key would be very useful for writing a wide range of > characters that are not too frequent. >
If you use emacs, you can use its "C-x 8" prefix. Such as: C-x 8 ` a iso-transl-a-grave C-x 8 ' e iso-transl-e-acute C-x 8 " u iso-transl-u-umlaut C-x 8 ^ i iso-transl-i-caret C-x 8 ~ n iso-transl-n-tilde Use "C-x 8 C-h" to see all of them.
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