Re: [dwm] key bindings / french layout

On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:08:53PM +0200, Xavier wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 09:57:28PM +0200, Adrien Barilly wrote:
> > You might also want to map the 'Multi_key' to a key of your keyboard (in
> > my case, RAlt, keycode 113); this would make the key a 'dead key': press
> > it, press the modifier and finally press the letter. Alright, that makes
> > 3 keys for one character; but it allows you to make a lot of other
> > characters.
> >
> > Examples:
> > Multi_key + ' + e = é
> > Multi_key + ` + e = è
> > Multi_key + , + c = ç
> > but also
> > Multi_key + c + c = č
> > Multi_key + o + u = ů
> > Multi_key + ~ + n = ñ
> > Multi_key + c + t = ť
> > or almost anything you can think of (useful if you want to write in
> > several languages).
> >
> >
>
> Yep, that's what I was using lately, us + compose key.
> I just found 3 keys too painful : é à and ç are directly available on the
> azerty layout, and are quite frequently needed.
> Now I have them available with two keys : altgr+w, altgr+a, altgr+c, which is
> still practical.
>
> But indeed, the compose key would be very useful for writing a wide range of
> characters that are not too frequent.
>

If you use emacs, you can use its "C-x 8" prefix. Such as:

  C-x 8 ` a iso-transl-a-grave
  C-x 8 ' e iso-transl-e-acute
  C-x 8 " u iso-transl-u-umlaut
  C-x 8 ^ i iso-transl-i-caret
  C-x 8 ~ n iso-transl-n-tilde

Use "C-x 8 C-h" to see all of them.