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Re: [TCLUG:16300] extended ascii characters
On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:
> What's the best way to access the extended ascii characters such as accented
> vowels from a regular xterm. I need to type some French words, and I want
> them to look right.
From an xterm I dunno. It depends on what program is running within said
xterm. por ejemplo, pine doesn't accept accented chars at all. jmacs does
strange things to them and prints in inverse text. tcsh will ignore
them. emacs looks at you funny (w/in an xterm, not managing its own
window).
In short, don't use xterm if you have to write in other languages ;p
I modified my xmodmap so that I can type in most western european
languages easily (german and spanish being my most important ones). I use
XEmacs to edit foreign-language stuff (^_ command in pine helps a *lot*
when I e-mail my german friends).
My xmodmap is included for reference. xkeycaps is your friend :)
Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa
Kevin R. Bullock
!
! This is an `xmodmap' input file for Digital PCXAL (XFree86; US) keyboards.
! Automatically generated on Tue Oct 26 11:16:11 1999 by kbullock with
! XKeyCaps 2.45; Copyright (c) 1999 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>.
! http://www.jwz.org/xkeycaps/
!
! This file makes the following changes:
!
! The "~ `" key generates grave, asciitilde, dead_grave, and dead_tilde
! The "! 1" key generates 1, exclam, and exclamdown
! The "$ 4" key generates 4, dollar, and sterling
! The "^ 6" key generates 6, asciicircum, and dead_circumflex
! The ") 0" key generates 0, parenright, degree, and dead_abovering
! The "_ -" key generates minus, underscore, and dead_macron
! The "+ =" key generates equal, plus, dead_cedilla, and dead_ogonek
! The "Q" key generates q, Q, and at
! The "R" key generates r, R, and registered
! The "T" key generates t, T, thorn, and THORN
! The "Y" key generates y, Y, and yen
! The "U" key generates u, U, udiaeresis, and Udiaeresis
! The "O" key generates o, O, odiaeresis, and Odiaeresis
! The "P" key generates p, P, and paragraph
! The "} ]" key generates bracketright, braceright, and dead_macron
! The "| \" key generates backslash, bar, dead_grave, and dead_breve
! The "A" key generates a, A, adiaeresis, and Adiaeresis
! The "S" key generates s, S, ssharp, and section
! The "D" key generates d, D, eth, and ETH
! The "F" key generates f, F, and ordfeminine
! The "G" key generates g, G, eng, and ENG
! The ": ;" key generates semicolon, colon, and dead_doubleacute
! The "" '" key generates apostrophe, quotedbl, dead_acute, and dead_diaeresis
! The "Z" key generates z, Z, guillemotleft, and less
! The "X" key generates x, X, guillemotright, and greater
! The "C" key generates c, C, ccedilla, and Ccedilla
! The "V" key generates v, V, and leftdoublequotemark
! The "B" key generates b, B, and rightdoublequotemark
! The "N" key generates n, N, ntilde, and Ntilde
! The "M" key generates m, M, mu, and masculine
! The "< ," key generates comma, less, and multiply
! The "> ." key generates period, greater, periodcentered, and division
! The "? /" key generates slash, question, and questiondown
! The "Alt" key generates Meta_L
! The "Alt" key generates Mode_switch, and the Mod3 modifier
keycode 0x09 = Escape
keycode 0x43 = F1
keycode 0x44 = F2
keycode 0x45 = F3
keycode 0x46 = F4
keycode 0x47 = F5
keycode 0x48 = F6
keycode 0x49 = F7
keycode 0x4A = F8
keycode 0x4B = F9
keycode 0x4C = F10
keycode 0x5F = F11
keycode 0x60 = F12
keycode 0x6F = Print Execute
keycode 0x4E = Scroll_Lock
keycode 0x6E = Pause Break
keycode 0x31 = grave asciitilde dead_grave dead_tilde
keycode 0x0A = 1 exclam exclamdown
keycode 0x0B = 2 at
keycode 0x0C = 3 numbersign
keycode 0x0D = 4 dollar sterling
keycode 0x0E = 5 percent
keycode 0x0F = 6 asciicircum dead_circumflex
keycode 0x10 = 7 ampersand
keycode 0x11 = 8 asterisk
keycode 0x12 = 9 parenleft
keycode 0x13 = 0 parenright degree dead_abovering
keycode 0x14 = minus underscore dead_macron
keycode 0x15 = equal plus dead_cedilla dead_ogonek
keycode 0x16 = BackSpace
keycode 0x6A = Insert
keycode 0x61 = Home
keycode 0x63 = Prior
keycode 0x4D = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
keycode 0x70 = KP_Divide
keycode 0x3F = KP_Multiply
keycode 0x52 = KP_Subtract
keycode 0x17 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab
keycode 0x18 = q Q at
keycode 0x19 = w W
keycode 0x1A = e E
keycode 0x1B = r R registered
keycode 0x1C = t T thorn THORN
keycode 0x1D = y Y yen
keycode 0x1E = u U udiaeresis Udiaeresis
keycode 0x1F = i I
keycode 0x20 = o O odiaeresis Odiaeresis
keycode 0x21 = p P paragraph
keycode 0x22 = bracketleft braceleft
keycode 0x23 = bracketright braceright dead_macron
keycode 0x33 = backslash bar dead_grave dead_breve
keycode 0x6B = Delete
keycode 0x67 = End
keycode 0x69 = Next
keycode 0x4F = KP_Home KP_7
keycode 0x50 = KP_Up KP_8
keycode 0x51 = KP_Prior KP_9
keycode 0x56 = KP_Add
keycode 0x42 = Caps_Lock
keycode 0x26 = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
keycode 0x27 = s S ssharp section
keycode 0x28 = d D eth ETH
keycode 0x29 = f F ordfeminine
keycode 0x2A = g G eng ENG
keycode 0x2B = h H
keycode 0x2C = j J
keycode 0x2D = k K
keycode 0x2E = l L
keycode 0x2F = semicolon colon dead_doubleacute
keycode 0x30 = apostrophe quotedbl dead_acute dead_diaeresis
keycode 0x24 = Return
keycode 0x53 = KP_Left KP_4
keycode 0x54 = KP_Begin KP_5
keycode 0x55 = KP_Right KP_6
keycode 0x32 = Shift_L
keycode 0x34 = z Z guillemotleft less
keycode 0x35 = x X guillemotright greater
keycode 0x36 = c C ccedilla Ccedilla
keycode 0x37 = v V leftdoublequotemark
keycode 0x38 = b B rightdoublequotemark
keycode 0x39 = n N ntilde Ntilde
keycode 0x3A = m M mu masculine
keycode 0x3B = comma less multiply
keycode 0x3C = period greater periodcentered division
keycode 0x3D = slash question questiondown
keycode 0x3E = Shift_R
keycode 0x62 = Up
keycode 0x57 = KP_End KP_1
keycode 0x58 = KP_Down KP_2
keycode 0x59 = KP_Next KP_3
keycode 0x6C = KP_Enter
keycode 0x25 = Control_L
keycode 0x40 = Meta_L
keycode 0x41 = space
keycode 0x71 = Mode_switch
keycode 0x6D = Control_R
keycode 0x64 = Left
keycode 0x68 = Down
keycode 0x66 = Right
keycode 0x5A = KP_Insert KP_0
keycode 0x5B = KP_Delete KP_Decimal
clear Shift
clear Lock
clear Control
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
clear Mod3
clear Mod4
clear Mod5
add Shift = Shift_L Shift_R
add Lock = Caps_Lock
add Control = Control_L Control_R
add Mod1 = Meta_L Meta_L
add Mod2 = Num_Lock
add Mod3 = Mode_switch
add Mod5 = Scroll_Lock