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International Language Environments Guide

English/European Input Mode

The English/European input mode includes the English alphabet plus characters with diacritical marks (for example, á, è, î, õ, and ü) and characters (such as ¡, §, ¿) from European scripts.

This input mode is the default mode for any application. The input mode is displayed at the bottom left corner of the GUI application window.

To insert characters with diacritical marks or special characters from Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9, you must type a Compose key sequence, as described in the following examples.

To display the Ä character:

To display the ¿, character:

When there is no Compose key available on your keyboard, you can emulate its operation by simultaneously pressing the Control key and the Shift key.

For the input of the Euro currency symbol (Unicode value U+20AC) from the locale, you can use any one of following input sequences:

With these input sequences, you press both keys simultaneously. If there is no AltGraph key available on your keyboard, you can substitute the Alt key.

The following tables show the most commonly used compose sequences for Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-3, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9 script input for the Solaris operating environment.

The following table lists the common Latin-1 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–2 Common Latin-1 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Then Press and Release 

Result 

spacebar

spacebar

no-break space 

s

1

superscripted 1 

s

2

superscripted 2 

s

3

superscripted 3 

!

!

inverted exclamation mark  

x

o

currency symbol ¤ 

p

!

paragraph symbol ¶ 

/

u

mu u 

'

"

acute accent ´ 

,

, (comma)

cedilla Ç 

"

"

diaeresis ¨ 

-

^

macron ¯ 

o

o

degree ° 

x

x

multiplication sign x 

+

-

plus-minus ± 

-

-

soft hyphen – 

-

:

division sign ÷ 

-

a

ordinal (feminine) ª 

-

o

ordinal (masculine) º 

-

, (comma)

not sign ¬ 

.

.

middle dot · 

1

2

vulgar fraction ½ 

1

4

vulgar fraction ¼ 

3

4

vulgar fraction ¾ 

<

<

left double angle quotation mark « 

>

>

right double angle quotation mark » 

?

?

inverted question mark ¿ 

A

` (backquote)

A grave À 

A

' (single quote)

A acute Á 

A

*

A ring above Å 

A

"

A diaeresis Ä 

A

^

A circumflex  

A

~

A tilde à

A

E

AE diphthong Æ 

C

, (comma)

C cedilla Ç 

C

o

copyright sign © 

D

-

Capital eth ð 

E

` (backquote)

E grave È 

E

'

E acute É 

E

"

E diaeresis Ë 

E

^

E circumflex Ê 

I

` (backquote)

I grave Ì 

I

'

I acute Í 

I

"

I diaeresis Ï 

I

^

I circumflex Π

L

-

pound sign £ 

N

~

N tilde Ñ 

O

` (backquote)

O grave Ò 

O

'

O acute Ó 

O

/

O slash Ø 

O

"

O diaeresis Ö 

O

^

O circumflex Ô 

O

~

O tilde Õ 

R

O

registered mark ® 

T

H

Thorn þ 

U

` (backquote)

U grave Ù 

U

'

U acute Ú 

U

"

U diaeresis Ü 

U

^

U circumflex Û 

Y

'

Y acute ý 

Y

-

yen sign ¥ 

a

` (backquote)

a grave à 

a

'

a acute á 

a

*

a ring above å 

a

"

a diaeresis ä 

a

~

a tilde ã 

a

^

a circumflex â 

a

e

ae diphthong æ 

c

, (comma)

c cedilla ç 

c

/

cent sign ¢ 

c

o

copyright sign © 

d

-

eth ð 

e

` (backquote)

e grave è 

e

'

e acute é 

e

"

e diaeresis ë 

e

^

e circumflex ê 

i

` (backquote)

i grave ì 

i

'

i acute í 

i

"

i diaeresis ï 

i

^

i circumflex î 

n

~

n tilde ñ 

o

` (backquote)

o grave ò 

o

'

o acute ó 

o

/

o slash ø 

o

"

o diaeresis ö 

o

^

o circumflex ô 

o

~

o tilde õ 

s

s

German double s ß also known as sharp S 

t

h

thorn þ 

u 

` (backquote)

u grave ù 

u

'

u acute ú 

u

"

u diaeresis ü 

u

^

u circumflex û 

y

'

y acute y 

y

"

y diaeresis ÿ 

|

|

broken bar ¦

The following table lists the common Latin-2 and Latin-4 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–3 Common Latin-2 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

a

spacebar

ogonek 

u

spacebar

breve 

v

spacebar

caron  

"

spacebar

double acute 

A

a

A ogonek 

A

u

A breve  

C

'

C acute  

C

v

C caron  

D

v

D caron 

-

D

D stroke 

E

v

E caron 

E

a

E ogonek 

L

'

L acute 

L

-

L stroke 

L

>

L caron 

N

'

N acute 

N

v

N caron 

O

>

O double acute 

S

'

S acute 

S

v

S caron 

S

,

S cedilla 

R

'

R acute 

R

v

R caron 

T

v

T caron 

T

,

T cedilla 

U

*

U ring above 

U

>

U double acute 

Z

'

Z acute 

Z

v

Z caron 

Z

.

Z dot above 

k

k

kra 

A

_

A macron 

E

_

E macron 

E

.

E dot above 

G

,

G cedilla 

I

_

I macron 

I

~

I tilde 

I

a

I ogonek 

K

,

K cedilla 

L

,

L cedilla 

N

,

N cedilla 

O

_

O macron 

R

,

R cedilla 

T

|

T stroke 

U

~

U tilde 

U

a

U ogonek 

U

_

U macron 

N

N

Eng 

a

_

a macron 

e

_

e macron 

e

.

e dot above 

g

,

g cedilla 

i

_

i macron 

i

~

i tilde 

i

a

i ogonek 

k

,

k cedilla 

l

,

l cedilla 

n

,

n cedilla 

o

_

o macron 

r

,

r cedilla 

t

|

t stroke 

u

~

u tilde 

u

a

u ogonek 

u

_

u macron 

n

n

eng

   

The following table lists the common Latin-3 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–4 Common Latin-3 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

C

>

C circumflex 

C

.

C dot above 

G

>

G circumflex 

G

.

G dot above 

H

>

H circumflex 

J

>

j circumflex 

S

>

S circumflex 

U

u

U breve 

c

>

c circumflex 

c

.

c dot above 

g

>

g circumflex 

g

.

g dot above 

h

>

h circumflex 

j

>

j circumflex 

s

>

s circumflex 

u

u

u breve 

The following table lists the common Latin-5 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–5 Common Latin-5 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

G

u

G breve 

I

.

I dot above 

g

u

g breve 

i

.

i dotless

The following table lists the Common Latin-9 Compose key sequences.

Table 5–6 Common Latin-9 Compose Key Sequences

Press Compose, then Press and Release

Press and Release 

Result 

o

e

Ligature oe 

O

E

Ligature OE 

Y

"

Y diaeresis