Re: [gedit-list] xmodmap, German umlaut, diaeresis

[Pander <pander users sourceforge net>]

On 2014-03-27 09:59, Paolo Borelli wrote:
> Hi Norbert,
>
>     is this specific to gedit or does it affect all GTK+ applications
> (e.g. nautilus or gnome-terminal)?
>
> I am not familiar with xmodmap myself, but I would look for information
> about xmodmap and gtk in general.

For exhaustive information on entering characters which are not on your
keyboard, see also
http://hellebaard.nl/publicaties/book/book-compose-key-sequence-reference-guide-2012/

> Ciao,
>
>      Paolo
>
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> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:21 AM, Norbert Beckmann
> <nb informatik uni-bremen de <mailto:nb informatik uni-bremen de>> wrote:
>
>     Hello all.
>
>     I want to type German umlauts using the Meta keys on a US keyboard
>     (Sun Type 7).
>     I created an xmodmap file "umlauts" with the following content:
>     ------------------------------__----------
>     keysym Meta_L = Mode_switch Mode_switch
>     keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch Mode_switch
>
>     keysym a = a A adiaeresis Adiaeresis
>     keysym e = e E ediaeresis Ediaeresis
>     keysym i = i I idiaeresis Idiaeresis
>     keysym o = o O odiaeresis Odiaeresis
>     keysym u = u U udiaeresis Udiaeresis
>     keysym y = y Y ydiaeresis Y
>     keysym s = s S ssharp NoSymbol
>
>     ! for recognition of the umlaut setting with a grep on "xmodmap -pke":
>     keycode 250 = U M L 1
>     ------------------------------__----------
>     The call "xmodmap umlauts" makes German umlauts available
>     instantaneously in
>     OpenOffice, Firefox, and other applications, but not in gedit.
>
>     Systems:
>     Oracle Solaris 11.1 with gedit 2.30.4 running
>     ubuntu 12.04 LTS (in VirtualBox) with gedit 3.4.1 running
>     both concerned.
>
>     Question:
>     How can I accomplish gedit accept these xmodmap settings?
>
>     Btw., copying umlauts into gedit (e.g. from Firefox) is possible.
>
>     Any help appreciated
>
>     Norbert
>
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