3-4Keyboard ConfigurationCompose Character SequencesCompose character sequences can be used to generate codes for characters not shownon your keyboard. The characters that can be composed depend on the setting of theCharacter Set Mode option in the Emulation Settings dialog box and the PreferredChar. Set option in the Terminal Settings dialog box.When Character Set Mode is is set to National, only characters found in thecharacter set that corresponds to the selected keyboard nationality can be composed.When Multinational is selected, the emulator is in Multinational mode and charac-ters from all national keyboard layouts may be composed.The tables of characters that are used in Multinational mode depend on the setting ofthe Preferred Char. Set option. When this is set to DEC-MCS, the ASCII (7-bit)and DEC Additional (8-bit) character sets are used. When this option is set to ISOLatin-1, the ASCII (7-bit) and ISO Latin-1 Additional (8-bit) character sets are used.The Character Sets appendix shows all the tables of characters that may be selected.If a character is a diacritical symbol (e.g. ´ or ¨) and this symbol does not appear onthe keyboard, an equivalent character can be used in some cases. The diacriticalsymbols and the possible substitutes are shown below. There are no equivalents forthe circumflex accent and tilde mark.Diacritical Mark Equivalent Character´ Acute accent ' Apostrophe¨ Umlaut " Double quote` Grave accent ' Single quote° Ring mark * Asterisk or degree signTo compose a character, first find the character you wish to compose in the left handcolumn of the following tables. The two characters shown in the right hand columnare the keys that are used to create it. Several alternatives may be given forgenerating the same character. A compose sequence is initiated by pressing the keysAlt + C together, followed by the key bearing the first character then the key bearingthe second character.Note: The compose character sequence can also be initiated bypressing a key defined with the COMPOSE virtual keyname.A compose character sequence may be abandoned before completion by pressing theDelete key. Pressing Alt + C (or the key defined with the COMPOSE virtual keyname) again before completing a compose character sequence will cause it to beabandoned and a second sequence to be started. An invalid compose charactersequence will cause the bell to sound.
