On Sunday 17 September 2006 17:53, Nigel Henry wrote: > > I'm rather new at this accenting characters in linux, but I find that > > with right-Alt set as my composing key, selecting the RAlt-shift-Tilde > > and releasing them then typing the character I want accented (A in your > > case) works just fine, as does substituting double-quote for the Tilde > > to produce umlaut (Ö) or comma to get a cedilia ç. there are many others > > you can have fun experimenting! > > > > Scott > > I don't get that on my KDE GB keyboard layout. I get "ă". But, Right alt + > the right square bracket key gives me a dead key for the "~", then > releasing the keys and pressing "a", gives me "ã". > This is KDE GB, as well. The character you define looks as though it has a bar above it, but if you paste that into something where you can magnify the view you will find that it actually is a tilde. > Out of interest, which language uses a "ã"? I've seen the "ñ" in spanish. > Portuguese. I have an on-line friend in São Paulo, Brasil. Anne
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