Re: [vile] Question on input of UTF8 char's in programs.

[Paul Fox]

thanks!

brendan wrote:
 > On 9 September 2014 22:39, Paul Fox <address@hidden> wrote:
 > > how does one access the characters defined using the "dead_..."
 > > strokes, like the greek letter pi (π)?  i entered it there using
 > > ^Vu03C0, but i should be able to do something more mnemonic, according
 > > to this:
 > >   <dead_greek> <p>            : "π"   U03C0    # GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
 > 
 > "Dead" keys are a general term to describe a key which doesn't produce
 > anything when struck, but affects the following key (as opposed to
 > modifiers like Control which are held when pressing another key).
 > 
 > There are some keymaps where various quote characters become dead
 > keys: handy if you're writing in a language with lots of accents: 'e
 > produces é for example; fairly annoying when writing code, since to
 > get a quote you need to press it twice.
 > 
 > In this case, "dead_greek" is a symbol which needs to be mapped to a
 > key using a standard keymap, creating your own keymap or with xmodmap.
 > AFAICT, the only keymap with a default mapping for that is an oddball
 > French BÉPO layout.
 > 
 >   xmodmap -e 'keycode 108 = dead_greek dead_iota'
 > 
 > Will make the right Alt key dead_greek, and when shifted dead_iota.
 > 
 > --bod

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