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Meta to be converted to @kbd{ESC} and still be able type 8-bit |
Meta to be converted to @kbd{ESC} and still be able type 8-bit |
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characters present directly on the keyboard or using @kbd{Compose} or |
characters present directly on the keyboard or using @kbd{Compose} or |
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@kbd{AltGr} keys. @xref{User Input}. |
@kbd{AltGr} keys. @xref{User Input}. |
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@kindex C-x 8 |
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@cindex @code{iso-transl} library |
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@cindex compose character |
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@cindex dead character |
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@item |
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For Latin-1 only, you can use the key @kbd{C-x 8} as a ``compose |
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character'' prefix for entry of non-@acronym{ASCII} Latin-1 printing |
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characters. @kbd{C-x 8} is good for insertion (in the minibuffer as |
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well as other buffers), for searching, and in any other context where |
1389 |
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a key sequence is allowed. |
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@kbd{C-x 8} works by loading the @code{iso-transl} library. Once that |
1392 |
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library is loaded, the @key{ALT} modifier key, if the keyboard has |
1393 |
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one, serves the same purpose as @kbd{C-x 8}: use @key{ALT} together |
1394 |
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with an accent character to modify the following letter. In addition, |
1395 |
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if the keyboard has keys for the Latin-1 ``dead accent characters,'' |
1396 |
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they too are defined to compose with the following character, once |
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@code{iso-transl} is loaded. |
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Use @kbd{C-x 8 C-h} to list all the available @kbd{C-x 8} translations. |
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@end itemize |
@end itemize |
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@node Charsets |
@node Charsets |