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In order to produce such characters, you first press `Compose` and two additional keys which compose the character, for instance: In order to produce such characters, you first press `Compose` followed by additional two keystrokes which compose the character, for instance:
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Here's a rather incomplete list of possible characters:

||<-2> keys || produce ||
|| ' || a || á ||
|| ' || A || Á ||
|| " || a || ä ||
|| " || A || Ä ||
|| ` || a || à ||
|| ` || A || À ||
|| ~ || a || ã ||
|| ~ || A || Ã ||
|| ^ || a || â ||
|| ^ || A || Â ||
|| c || a || ǎ ||
|| c || A || Ǎ ||
|| o || a || å ||
|| o || A || Å ||
|| _ || a || ā ||
|| _ || A || Ā ||
|| ; || a || ą ||
|| ; || A || Ą ||
|| b || a || ă ||
|| b || A || Ă ||
|| D || H || Ð ||
|| c || z || ž ||


Please refer to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key]] for more information.

Compose Key on Sun Keyboards

The Compose(key) on Sun Type 6/7 keyboards

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

allows you to type characters not available by ordinary key presses, such as Æ, ṅ, Ð, and so on.

In order to produce such characters, you first press Compose followed by additional two keystrokes which compose the character, for instance:

  • Compose, ", a → ä

or

  • Compose, ,, c → ç

Here's a rather incomplete list of possible characters:

keys

produce

'

a

á

'

A

Á

"

a

ä

"

A

Ä

`

a

à

`

A

À

~

a

ã

~

A

Ã

^

a

â

^

A

Â

c

a

ǎ

c

A

Ǎ

o

a

å

o

A

Å

_

a

ā

_

A

Ā

;

a

ą

;

A

Ą

b

a

ă

b

A

Ă

D

H

Ð

c

z

ž

Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key for more information.

PublicMathWiki: ComposeKey (last edited 2013-06-05 14:34:17 by crose)