[xubuntu-users] How to generate German special chars

[Sébastien Barthélemy]

Le jeudi 26 avril 2007 à 07:35 +0200, Joachim Ziegler a écrit :
> Sébastien Barthélemy schrieb:
> > you can also put an .Xmodmap in your home with tis text inside:
> > keycode 113 = Multi_key
> > 
> > then AltGr + " + u does the U-umlaut
> 
> Hey guys, you're really great!
> 
> ü ä ö Ü Ä Ö ß
> 
> Now I can even write in French:
> 
> J'ai été à Nîmes. :-)
> 
> Is there a table somewhere that gives an overview of all combinations? 
> Sometimes I'd also like to create some Spanish special chars.

I only know these:

AltGr + ? + ? => ¿
AltGr + , + c => ç
AltGr + = + e => €
AltGr + - + e => ē

> > This file is loaded by some xfce init script (if it is not you can run
> > xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap).
> 
> I have to type this command by hand after every login. It is not loaded 
> by xfce's init scripts. How can I change this?

On my system it is loaded by /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc.
you can put the line
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap &
in your /.xsession or in your ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc
(see   man startxfce4)