[TriLUG] Re: Typing umlauts on an english keyboard

[Stephen Ball]

I just caught hold of this thread so sorry if this fix has been mentioned but 
has anyone suggested the Multi_Key?  You can setup Xmodmap to configure a key 
as the multi_key, right now I'm using the righthand tux (windows) key.  What 
it does is act as a starter key for ascii combinations, for example: 
multi_key, ", o (typed in sequence) gives an ö (o with an umlat is that 
doesn't display correctly).  I haven't found a complete list of the multi_key 
combinations but have found quite a few through trial and error and will be 
happy to write up what I know if that would help.

Here's a copy of my .Xmodmap:

keycode 0x74 = Multi_key
keycode 0x73 = Escape
keycode 0x31 = Escape
keycode 0x09 = grave  asciitilde


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