Entering Latin Characters in Ubuntu With The Multi_KeyPosted by Roger Keays, 25 September 2011, 6:57 AM |
Wow. You learn something everyday huh? Since I killed a bunch of the keys on my keyboard recently I've been stuck without being able to easily enter Latin characters. Today I found out about the Compose key, or in Ubuntu terminology - the Multi Key.
The Multi Key lets you enter special characters by typing a combination of two keys. For example:
- Á is Multi A '
- « is Multi < <
- ½ is Multi 1 2
- ¿ is Multi ? ?
Pretty neat huh? Except my keyboard doesn't have a Compose key. Apparently you can set up Shift and Alt to be the compose key under keyboard options somewhere, but I preferred to use xmodmap to onvert my Windows key to a Compose key:
$ xmodmap -e "keycode 133 = Multi_key"
Voila! Now I can put in any Latin characters without resorting to the Character Map.
Check this list of common compose sequences to find the characters you want to enter.
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