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If you press a '''`''' and an '''e''', you get an '''è'''. In this case the key '''`''' is called a [[dead key]] because it is at first stroke dead. A bit more tricky is the compose key. Press the compose key and then type two keys, and both keys will be combined. E.g. type the compose key, then the comma, then '''c''' and the outcome is '''ç'''.
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Let's define your right Windows key as your compose key. To do this, [[open a console]], start the [[program]] [[xev]] and press the right Windows key. You get an output like
 
KeyPress event, serial 34, synthetic NO, window 0x3400001,
 
    root 0x1d8, subw 0x0, time 287118161, (229,-209), root:(233,584),
 
    state 0x10, keycode '''''134''''' (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
 
    XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 116
 
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
 
    XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
 
    XFilterEvent returns: True
 
You see the keycode is '''''134'''''. So define it as your compose-key:
 
xmodmap -e "keycode 134 = Multi_key"
 
Now press the right Windows key, then the ",", then the "c". You see a "ç". Cool, eh?
 
 
 
Other combinations:
 
* compose key " a -> ä
 
* compose key " o -> ö
 
* compose key " u -> ü
 
* compose key " A -> Ä
 
 
 
 
 
The compose keys are defined for the english locale in /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
 
 
 
= See also =
 
* [[configure your keyboard layout]]
 

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