<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>ComposeKey</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>8</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 14:34:17</date><authorinitials>crose</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>7</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 14:07:07</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>6</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:59:33</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:58:09</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:52:54</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:52:30</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:50:48</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2013-06-05 13:50:38</date><authorinitials>raos</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Compose Key on Sun Keyboards</title><para>The <code>Compose(key)</code> on Sun Type 6/7 keyboards (standard keyboards at the institute)</para><para><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Compose_key_on_Sun_Type_5c_keyboard.jpg/220px-Compose_key_on_Sun_Type_5c_keyboard.jpg"/></imageobject><textobject><phrase>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Compose_key_on_Sun_Type_5c_keyboard.jpg/220px-Compose_key_on_Sun_Type_5c_keyboard.jpg</phrase></textobject></inlinemediaobject> </para><para>allows you to type characters not available by ordinary key presses, such as Æ, ṅ, Ð, and so on. </para><para>In order to produce such characters, you first press <code>Compose</code> followed by additional two keystrokes which compose the character, for instance: </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><code>Compose</code>, <code>&quot;</code>, <code>a</code> → ä </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>or </para><itemizedlist><listitem override="none"><para><code>Compose</code>, <code>,</code>, <code>c</code> → ç </para></listitem></itemizedlist><para>Here's a rather incomplete list of possible characters: </para><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1"/><colspec colname="col_2"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" nameend="col_1" namest="col_0" rowsep="1"><para> keys </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> produce </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ' </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> á </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ' </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Á </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> &quot; </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ä </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> &quot; </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ä </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ` </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> à </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ` </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> À </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ~ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ã </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ~ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ã </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ^ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> â </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ^ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Â </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> c </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ǎ </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> c </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ǎ </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> o </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> å </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> o </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Å </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> _ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ā </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> _ </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ā </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ; </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ą </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ; </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ą </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> b </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> a </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ă </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> b </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> A </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ă </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> D </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> H </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> Ð </para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> c </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> z </para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para> ž </para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><para>Please refer to <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key"/> for more information. </para></section></article>