Jim Crumley writes: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:47:50AM -0500, rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: > > > > compose '~' 'u' to 'ý' > > > > However, I can't for the life of me figure out what the verb "compose" > > in the above MEANS. I press the compose key and then pus ~ and u and > > I see.... > > ~u > > I try holding down Compose and that doesn't do anything, either. > > Hole down "compose" and "`" and then let up on "compose" and hit "e". > Don't hold down "compose" the entire time. The problem wasn't when I was and wasn't holding down the key. It's that I was trusting the Mandrake comments and was wrong about that. They were defining a "compose" keycode, which doesn't seem to do anything, and I needed Multi_key. When I did that, all was well. I never would have found it without your pointer! Thanks, R