From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 11:10:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9289216A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:10:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccmmhc02.asp.att.net (sccmmhc02.asp.att.net [204.127.203.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B70043D2F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 11:10:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david.fleck@mchsi.com) Received: from grond (12-216-14-105.client.mchsi.com[12.216.14.105]) by sccmmhc02.asp.att.net (sccmmhc02) with SMTP id <20040321191040mm200rac20e>; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:10:40 +0000 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:10:39 -0600 (CST) From: David Fleck Sender: dcf@grond.sourballs.org To: chip In-Reply-To: <405CD7D6.5060407@wiegand.org> Message-ID: <20040321130844.F17674@grond.sourballs.org> References: <405CD7D6.5060407@wiegand.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: special characters, ie spanish accents X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 19:10:41 -0000 On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, chip wrote: > How do I get the special characters to work, which work in MS Windoze > using the conbination of right-alt+4digit code? I need to be able to use > certain accents and characters found in spanish writing. I am using > FBSD-5.1 with XFCE window manager. This may be of limited use to you, but the vim editor has this ability built-in (if compiled that way). To see what's available, start a vim session and type ':help digraphs'. -- David Fleck david.fleck@mchsi.com