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Re: Xcompose like input for UTF-8 ?
On 5/04/2010 5:59 AM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Rurik Christiansen wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to have something similar to Xcompose for utf8 input ?
>>
> You can have actual Xcompose by running an X server and using xterm or
> rxvt-unicode.
>
> For the console and mintty, you depend on Windows' native mechanisms,
> in particular, "dead keys". Different keyboard layouts can be chosen
>
Ah ... that's not what I had in mind.
What I wanted is a mechanism to use as in Xcompose, i.e. <meta> + "
diving diaeresis for the next letter,
<meta> + ^ giving circumflex accent, etc.
I don't want to change the current keyboard layout.
Cheers.
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