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To type accents with your keyboard, you will need to configure the Compose key on your keyboard.

If you do not know the keycode for your Compose key, at a terminal window, type:

xev

You will immediately note lots of output in the window every time you...

  1. You must add foreign keyboard first
    On a linux machine:

    • Right-click -> Add to Panel -> Utility -> Keyboard Layout Switcher
    • Right-click on keyboard switcher->Preferences
    • Add -> (Choose your language)

    On a Windows XP machine:

    • Right-click on the toolbar -...