Typing Special Characters in KDE 3.5.x

tronayne · 06-19-2007, 05:17 PM

Prior to KDE 3.5.x KDE included a "US with deadkeys" which made it possible to switch to that layout then type an accented character or an umlaut or other "special" characters (cent signs, Euro signs, etc.).

Does anybody have any idea how to do that in KDE 3.5.x (without spending hours creating maps and the like)?

wanderingmind · 06-21-2007, 11:14 AM

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Accented_Characters

tronayne · 06-21-2007, 04:59 PM

Thank you, nice article -- only one (probably stupid) question: what the heck is a Gr key?

wanderingmind · 06-23-2007, 05:42 PM

I think the Gr refers to "Alt Gr", usually right from
spacebar..

t1n0m3n · 07-06-2007, 04:06 PM

Alt Graph is not a standard key on a standard keyboard.
Was that wiki written in the 80's?

This is an Alt Graph key:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key

So to type accented characters use the alt graph key. However you need a 20 year old keyboard to get an Alt Graph key. (Or a specially made one.)

Seems like I am missing something.

t1n0m3n · 07-06-2007, 04:14 PM

So the keymap turns the normal Right ALT key into an ALT Gr key?