Easy umlauts?

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, 26 May 2003 20:54:38 -0400
Joel Hammer <Joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> 
> I made the changes to my XF86Config-4 file, and it worked. My keyboard
> is now international. I have those four dead keys. However,  when I
> type something like "u I don't get anything. If I type a dead key
> followed by a space, I do get the dead key.

Odd.  using "u I get: ?
Sure looks like an umlaut to me.

> 
> So,  I am still missing something.

not sure what.  Do you have pc104 as your keyboard?

> 
> Also, with dumpkeys, not all of the compose characters start with a
> dead key, some, like the the German ss, start with s, like so:
> 
> compose 's' 'z' to "_' (The space is the unrepresentable ss.)
> 
> Any insight appreciated,

don?t have an answer as I principally use ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, and ? and very
occasionally ? (as in the spanish word "verg?enza").

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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