[ale] 2nd try. First never made it. Looking for a simple method to generate Spanish language characters.

[Jim Lynch]

James Sumners wrote:
> I have to run out the door to catch a plane right now or I would
> research it more. But if I remember correctly, you want to map a meta
> key and use it like a shift key. I think Meta + u will give you an
> umlat over the next character (etc.).
>
> xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L"
>   
Thanks, but I didn't seem to be able to make that work.

Jim.