Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Terminals that work with "compose" key?

[Paul Hartman]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote:
> On 2009-02-17, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote:
>>> So how do you enter accented or non-latin characters or
>>> ligatures or the like?
>>
>> I don't. The standard US English PC keyboard has nothing but A-Z,
>> numbers, a few symbols and standard punctuation.
>
> I know.  I'm here in the US and have normal USian keyboards.

Sorry, I assumed you were elsewhere (I was picturing an actual
"Compose" key on your keyboard). It's hard to tell! There is a good
chance that when I assume someone is from a certain part of the world
on here, I'm wrong.

>> Typically, if someone has an accented character in their name
>> or address it is simply entered in without the accent.
>
> That just seems a bit parochial. :)

Of course /I/ make sure to get people's names correct, but I was
speaking more in general. The store clerk at a cash register entering
your name in probably isn't going to jump through hoops to get
accented characters. Again, I was assuming you were an outsider. :)

Thanks,
Paul