= Compose Key on Sun Keyboards =

The `Compose(key)` on Sun Type 6/7 keyboards <<BR>>

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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` and two additional keys which compose the character, for instance:

 . `Compose`, `"`, `a` → ä