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[Q] Inputing Foreign Characters
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon J Mudd)
Sat Nov 2 22:09:38 1996
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 11:55:11 +0100
From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@phoenix.ea4els.ampr.org>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.93.961102010824.57856A-100000@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca>
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In article <Pine.A32.3.93.961102010824.57856A-100000@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca>, you wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Could someone please give me some instructions on how to input characters
> not found in English? For instance, how would I go about inputing
> French characters like "e', e^" in xterm?
>
> I would prefer a method that does not require the use of a
> specific editor, like Emacs, because my e-mail editor isn't Emacs :-)
I have the following in /etc/inputrc, used with bash:
set meta-flag on
set input-meta on
set output-meta on
set convert-meta off
"\e[3~" delete-char
"\e[4~" end-of-line
"\e[1~" beginning-of-line
"\e[2~"
"\e[5~"
"\e[6~"
I think this is all that is needed, but am not sure.
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regards,
Simon J Mudd, Madrid, SPAIN
e-mail: sjmudd@bitmailer.net
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