On Sunday 17 September 2006 17:53, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I'm rather new at this accenting characters in linux, but I
find that
> with right-Alt set as my composing key, selecting the RAlt-shift-Tilde
> and releasing them then typing the character I want accented (A in your
> case) works just fine, as does substituting double-quote for the Tilde
> to produce umlaut (Ö) or comma to get a cedilia ç. there are many others
> you can have fun experimenting!
>
> Scott
I don't get that on my KDE GB keyboard layout. I get "ă". But, Right alt
+
the right square bracket key gives me a dead key for the "~", then
releasing the keys and pressing "a", gives me "ã".
This is KDE GB, as well. The character you define looks as though it has a
bar above it, but if you paste that into something where you can magnify the
view you will find that it actually is a tilde.
Out of interest, which language uses a "ã"? I've seen
the "ñ" in spanish.
Portuguese.
I have an on-line friend in São Paulo, Brasil.
Anne