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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] accented characters in KDE apps
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:47:12
Message-Id: 20120226124437.GB3130@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] accented characters in KDE apps by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 120226 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > Am Sonntag, 26. Februar 2012, 03:32:58 schrieb Philip Webb:
3 >> In Gvim I can enter 'e-umlaut' via the keystrokes 'control-k e : ', ie ë .
4 >> Kate has a Vi mode, which seems to reproduce Vim fairly well,
5 >> but there's no sign of 'control-k' or any substitute.
6 >> KDE System Settings has a menu for setting a compose key,
7 >> but tests with 'left-control' & 'pause' in Konsole & Kate did nothing.
8 >> I tried in Kate with Luxi Mono & Courier(IBM), Konsole with LM &
9 >> Fixed(Misc). I don't have the KDE desktop pkgs installed, but use many apps
10 >> & it shouldn't make a difference.
11 >> Does anyone know if & how accented characters cb entered in KDE apps ?
12 > google is your friend.
13 > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey
14
15 Yes, I saw that, but ...
16
17 > Typing Macrons, Umlauts, Accents, ...
18 > The compose key will be now whatever you have configured it to be,
19 > e. g. right logo.
20
21 ... as I said above, it doesn't work.
22
23 Thanks for trying, but please read the full msg before doing so (smile).
24
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] accented characters in KDE apps Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: accented characters in KDE apps "Jörg Schaible" <joerg.schaible@×××.de>