Re: [MiNT] No dead keys with trunk

["Jean-François Lemaire" <jflemaire@skynet.be>]

On Monday 20 Dec 2010 22:31:01 Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 21:18 +0100, Jean-François Lemaire wrote:
> > I'm sure Jean-Luc meant he does not understand the way it works *in
> > MiNT*. What you're describing above is what us French speakers have
> > experienced since we 1st started using computers.
> 
> But it has not been working in MiNT until recently.

No, but third-party software exists that make this possible, fortunately.
 
> > The FreeMiNT documentation makes it sound as if French-speaking users
> > will have dead keys working if the install the french.tbl table.
> 
> This keyboard table was made before the kernel supported deadkeys. If
> someone with a french keyboard (and knowledge of french deadkeys) would
> like to upgrade this keyboard table it would be great :)

You proposed your help the other day, so I'll mail you about it if you are so 
willing. Incidentally, I've searched a bit for an explanation about the 
keytable format, and it appears this isn't very well documented...

Cheers,
JFL
-- 
Jean-François Lemaire