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 |
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.