If you are using the standard ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) code set you can produce all characters by pressing the Compose key followed by other keys. These compose key sequences are listed in Table C–1.
ISO Latin-1 does not support the character for the Euro currency symbol (see Euro Currency Symbol).
On a SPARC keyboard, pressing the Compose key should illuminate the light on the key. On an IA keyboard, the Compose key is Control-Shift-F1 (hold the Control and Shift keys down and press the F1 key).
Table C–1 Compose Key Sequences for ISO Latin-1 Code Set
Compose |
Result |
Description |
|
---|---|---|---|
space |
space |
|
Space |
! |
! |
¡ |
Inverted exclamation |
c |
/ |
¢ |
Cents |
l |
- |
£ |
Pounds sterling |
o |
x |
¤ |
Currency symbol |
y |
- |
¥ |
Yen |
| |
| |
¦ |
Broken bar |
s |
o |
§ |
Section |
" |
" |
¨ |
Umlaut/diaeresis |
c |
o |
© |
Copyright |
- |
a |
ª |
Feminine ordinal |
< |
< |
« |
Left guillemet |
- |
| |
¬ |
Not sign |
- |
- |
- |
Soft hyphen |
r |
o |
® |
Registered |
^ |
- |
¯ |
Macron |
^ |
0 |
° |
Degree |
+ |
- |
± |
Plus-minus |
^ |
2 |
² |
Superscript 2 |
^ |
3 |
³ |
Superscript 3 |
\ |
\ |
´ |
Prime/acute accent |
/ |
u |
µ |
Mu/micro |
P |
! |
¶ |
Pilcro/paragraph |
^ |
. |
· |
Middle dot |
, |
, |
¸ |
Cedilla |
^ |
1 |
¹ |
Superscript 1 |
_ |
o |
º |
Masculine ordinal |
> |
> |
» |
Right guillemet |
1 |
4 |
¼ |
Quarter |
1 |
2 |
½ |
Half |
3 |
4 |
¾ |
Three quarters |
? |
? |
¿ |
Inverted question |
A |
` |
À |
A grave |
A |
' |
Á |
A acute |
A |
^ |
 |
A circumflex |
A |
~ |
à |
A tilde |
A |
" |
Ä |
A umlaut |
A |
* |
Å |
A angstrom |
A |
E |
Æ |
AE ligature |
C |
, |
Ç |
C cedilla |
E |
` |
È |
E grave |
E |
' |
É |
E acute |
E |
^ |
Ê |
E circumflex |
E |
" |
Ë |
E umlaut |
I |
` |
Ì |
I grave |
I |
' |
Í |
I acute |
I |
^ |
Î |
I circumflex |
I |
" |
Ï |
I umlaut |
D |
- |
Ð |
Eth |
N |
~ |
Ñ |
N tilde |
O |
` |
Ò |
O grave |
O |
' |
Ó |
O acute |
O |
^ |
Ô |
O circumflex |
O |
~ |
Õ |
O tilde |
O |
" |
Ö |
O umlaut |
x |
x |
x |
Multiply |
O |
/ |
Ø |
O slash |
U |
` |
Ù |
U grave |
U |
' |
Ú |
U acute |
U |
^ |
Û |
U circumflex |
U |
" |
Ü |
U umlaut |
Y |
' |
Ý |
Y acute |
T |
H |
Þ |
Thorn |
s |
s |
ß |
Eszett/digraph s |
a |
` |
à |
a grave |
a |
' |
á |
a acute |
a |
^ |
â |
a circumflex |
a |
~ |
ã |
a tilde |
a |
" |
ä |
a umlaut |
a |
* |
å |
a angstrom |
a |
e |
æ |
ae ligature |
c |
, |
ç |
c cedilla |
e |
` |
è |
e grave |
e |
' |
é |
e acute |
e |
^ |
ê |
e circumflex |
e |
" |
ë |
e umlaut |
i |
` |
ì |
i grave |
i |
' |
í |
i acute |
i |
^ |
î |
i circumflex |
i |
" |
ï |
i umlaut |
d |
- |
ð |
eth |
n |
~ |
ñ |
n tilde |
o |
` |
ò |
o grave |
o |
' |
ó |
o acute |
o |
^ |
ô |
o circumflex |
o |
~ |
õ |
o tilde |
o |
" |
ö |
o umlaut |
- |
: |
÷ |
Divide |
o |
/ |
ø |
o slash |
u |
` |
ù |
u grave |
u |
' |
ú |
u acute |
u |
^ |
û |
u circumflex |
u |
" |
ü |
u umlaut |
y |
' |
ý |
y acute |
t |
h |
þ |
thorn |
y |
" |
ÿ |
y umlaut |
Localized keyboards do not all generate the same key codes for ISO Latin-1 characters. However, system translation tables take care of producing the right character code. The SunOS system finds its tables in /usr/share/lib/keytables.