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> That is IMHO daft, as the expected behaviour on computers
> is for the space character to cancel the accent and produce
> an unaccented space. Of course, typewriters are another
> matter and in that context it makes perfect sense.
> Traditionally on computer keyboards (at least in this part
> of the world), the accent characters are produced by
> pressing the respective accent key twice.

Well, it seems that matter is really a "part of the world" thing. Here, if
you want the accent alone, you may press the space or any character that
would not compose an accented letter. If you want to cancel the accent, you
type backspace.

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Daniel C. Sobral                      (8-DCS)
Daniel_Sobral@voga.com.br