Multiple Key Compose Sequences for Locales

Many of the Solaris locales, especially the European and Unicode locales, allow input of various characters by using so-called “dead key sequences,” which are also known as Compose key sequences.

The Compose key sequence input is used to input characters with diacritical marks and other characters that are not shown on the keyboard key caps.

The following table shows a few examples of Compose key sequences. For more complete information about the Compose key sequences, see English/European Input Mode.

Table 3–13 Diacritical Characters Created With Compose Key

Mark	Compose Key Combination	Example
Diaeresis	”	Compose A “ —> A with diaeresis
Caron	V	Compose Z v —> Z with caron
Breve	u	Compose G u —> G with breve
Ogonek	a	Compose A a —> A with Ogonek
Cedilla	,	Compose K , —> K with cedilla
Registered Sign	R O	Compose R O —> Registered sign
Inverted Exclamation Mark	! !	Compose ! ! —> Inverted Exclamation Mark

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Note –

If the current locale's codeset does not have a corresponding character, a compose sequence cannot be used. For example, since there is no Z with a caron in ISO8859–1, it is not possible to input a Z with a caron in the en_US.ISO8859–1 locale.

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