X keyboards & international characters

[Kurt Wall]

An unnamed Administration source, Collins Richey, wrote:
> OK, we had the "Easy umlauts" series, but nothing seems to work for me,
> so can we do some X basics?  I've spent days googling and man'ing
> without coming up with any answers.  As usual with most things linux or
> X, RTFM is great if you know which FM in advance <grin>.
> 
> 1. Where do you find a description about the exact meaning of "PC101",
> "PC104", "pickakeyboard layout", etc. ?  My keyboard is one of the usual
> current generation with left and right CTL and ALT keys and the three
> extra WinCruft keys.  What is the number?

Count the keys. I'm thinking that with your description, you'll have
104 keys, thus, you have PC104.

> 2. Where do you find the meaning of cryptic keycode descriptors like
> "AltGr-" ?
> 
> 3. Where do you find the meaning of  "Compose Key" , "Meta Key" , "Mode
> n", etc. ?

Meta is either Esc or Alt. I don't know about the Mode keys - this has
always confused me.
 
> 4.  My X config has the following layout, but I can't find any
> combination of keys that will generate umlauts and other international
> character.  What am I missing?
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>         Driver      "keyboard"
>         Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
>         Option      "XkbModel" "pc104"
>         Option      "XkbLayout" "us_intl"
> EndSection
> 
> 5.  Font selection is OK.  Emails display the appropriate umlauts, etc.
> 
> Your help would be appreciated.
> 
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