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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:46:50 +1000
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Subject: Re: Xcompose like input for UTF-8 ?
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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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