[ubuntu-za] Accented characters in Afrikaans

[Wesley Werner]

Hi!

I recall you can set your compose key with: sudo dpkg-reconfigure
keyboard-configuration :)

http://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard
On Apr 30, 2012 11:11 AM, "SecretCode" <secretcode343 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 30/04/2012 10:31, Charl Wentzel wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> The latest full circle magazine finally answered some long standing
> questions for me.  I thought I'd share it with those that are still
> uninformed (like me).
>
> *1. Special characters on vowels.
> *Press <alt gr> with an accent key, lift hand, then press the vowel key.
> e.g. 'ä' = <alt gr><;>  <a>
>
> It's also very easy to remember the accent key, because the key or <shift>
> character for the key looks similar to the special character:
>
> ; or : --> ë    --> <alt gr>+<;>  <e>
> ' or " --> é
> \ or | --> è
> 6 or ^ --> ê
>
> *2. Currency symbols
> *Not all currency symbols appear on all keyboards.  <alt gr> has the
> answer once more:
>
> <alt gr>+2   -->  ¥
> <alt gr>+3   -->  £
> <alt gr>+4   -->  $
> <alt gr>+5   -->  €
>
> Hope this helps someone else out there.
>
> Charl
>
>
>  Hmm. Some of us do not have AltGr keys. I'm sure there's a setting
> somewhere to treat Right-Alt as AltGr ...
>
> but the real Linux solution is the COMPOSE KEY!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key
> http://blog.cyberborean.org/2008/01/06/compose-key-magic
> www.hermit.org/Linux/ComposeKeys.html
>
> Not sure if a compose key is set by default. I set mine to the 'menu' key;
> right Ctrl is also popular.
>
> Then you have *thousands* of fairly memorable key sequences for special
> characters, and you can add your own with .Xcompose.
>
> compose ' e ... é
> compose , c ... ç
> compose o a ... å
> compose L = ... £
> compose c = ... €
> compose y = ... ¥
> compose 1 2 ... ½
> etc
>
> (NB with the compose key you press and lift the compose key before
> entering the sequence.)
> Joe
>
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