255) Why do accented characters not work with Motif applications

linked with X11R6? What is the Compose file?

[Last modified: June 95]

Answer:  Note: The list of codes below _should_ contain a backslash before
every numeric value. My FAQ maintainence tools have been stripping the
backslash.  Sorry for the confusion...ksall@cen.com.

Roman Czyborra (czyborra@cs.tu-berlin.de) writes:

I've xmodmapped a few accented characters onto my keyboard. They've worked
fine in most every window, but were dead in the Motif applications linked with
X11R6.  My LC_CTYPE has always been set to iso_8859_1, so that was not the
problem.  It turns out that I can activate the keys by patching
$XLOCALEDIR/iso8859-1/Compose to also include the lines listed below.

<nobreakspace>          : "240"
<exclamdown>            : "241"
<cent>                  : "242"
<sterling>              : "243"
<currency>              : "244"
<yen>                   : "245"
<brokenbar>             : "246"
<section>               : "247"
<diaeresis>             : "250"
<copyright>             : "251"
<ordfeminine>           : "252"
<guillemotleft>         : "253"
<notsign>               : "255"
<hyphen>                : "255"
<registered>            : "256"
<macron>                : "257"
<degree>                : "260"
<plusminus>             : "261"
<twosuperior>           : "262"
<threesuperior>         : "263"
<acute>                 : "264
<mu>                    : "265"
<paragraph>             : "266"
<periodcentered>        : "267"
<cedilla>               : "240"
<onesuperior>           : "271"
<masculine>             : "272"
<guillemotright>        : "273"
<onequarter>            : "274"
<onehalf>               : "275"
<threequarters>         : "276"
<questiondown>          : "277"
<Agrave>                : "300"
<Aacute>                : "301"
<Acircumflex>           : "302"
<Atilde>                : "303"
<Adiaeresis>            : "304"
<Aring>                 : "305"
<AE>                    : "306"
<Ccedilla>              : "307"
<Egrave>                : "310"
<Eacute>                : "311"
<Ecircumflex>           : "312"
<Ediaeresis>            : "313"
<Igrave>                : "314"
<Iacute>                : "315"
<Icircumflex>           : "316"
<Idiaeresis>            : "317"
<ETH>                   : "320"
<Ntilde>                : "321"
<Ograve>                : "322"
<Oacute>                : "323"
<Ocircumflex>           : "324"
<Otilde>                : "325"
<Odiaeresis>            : "326"
<multiply>              : "327"
<Ooblique>              : "330"
<Ugrave>                : "331"
<Uacute>                : "332"
<Ucircumflex>           : "333"
<Udiaeresis>            : "334"
<Yacute>                : "335"
<THORN>                 : "336"
<ssharp>                : "337"
<agrave>                : "340"
<aacute>                : "341"
<acircumflex>           : "342"
<atilde>                : "343"
<adiaeresis>            : "344"
<aring>                 : "345"
<ae>                    : "346"
<ccedilla>              : "347"
<egrave>                : "350"
<eacute>                : "351"
<ecircumflex>           : "352"
<ediaeresis>            : "353"
<igrave>                : "354"
<iacute>                : "355"
<icircumflex>           : "356"
<idiaeresis>            : "357"
<eth>                   : "360"
<ntilde>                : "361"
<ograve>                : "362"
<oacute>                : "363"
<ocircumflex>           : "364"
<otilde>                : "365"
<odiaeresis>            : "366"
<division>              : "367"
<oslash>                : "370"
<ugrave>                : "371"
<uacute>                : "372"
<ucircumflex>           : "373"
<udiaeresis>            : "374"
<yacute>                : "375"
<thorn>                 : "376"
<ydiaeresis>            : "377"