Setting up the compose key to type accented characters
Thursday, October 4th, 2007In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, in the keyboard section, I added the line:
Option “XkbOptions” “compose:ralt”
Now, I can type most accented characters and umlauts by first hitting the right ALT key.
A few examples (key combinations below all preceded by right ALT key):
` e: è (backtick followed by e)
” u: ü
, c: ç
s s: ß
Addendum
Changed this to […]