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

[Jim Lynch]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 09:44 -0400, Joshua Chase wrote:
>   
>> Sure, on any full keyboard, make sure NumLock is on, then pres ALT+164
>> (hold down the ALT key, and while holding press 1,6,4) on the
>> dedicated number keypad. Doing it on the top set of numbers (the ones
>> above the letters) won't work.  Here's a short list of all the accents
>> and special characters:
>>     
>
> This is a non-standard extension to Windows.  :-)
>
> You can, however, enter actual Unicode code points under GNOME, if
> desired.  The keyboard shortcut is <LControl>+<LShift>+u, and then the
> Unicode code point.  So, if you press <LControl>+<LShift>+u, then let go
> of all three, and type 3c0, you get π.  :-)  Note that this is also a
> non-standard extension, but (IMHO) it should be the standard, because it
> makes sense.
>
> However, if you frequently need to use certain accented characters,
> learning the (only minorly different) us-international keyboard layout
> is far easier to do than enter Unicode code points every time.  I only
> use Unicode entry for certain characters that I do not have mapped to my
> keyboard (such as the em dash, or the interrobang).
>
> 	
OK, so how to I use the us-internation keyboard layout?  Reinstall and 
select something else for my keyboard other than 104 key US?

Thanks,
Jim.