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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:09:18 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, John Williams <jbiddlew@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: how to set backquote on PC keyboard telneting to FREEBSD
Message-ID:  <200508191609.18512.kstewart@owt.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050819224626.GB10088@flame.pc>
References:  <20050819193928.6028.qmail@web52615.mail.yahoo.com> <20050819224626.GB10088@flame.pc>

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On Friday 19 August 2005 03:46 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2005-08-19 12:39, John Williams <jbiddlew@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear LIst,
> >
> > i'm sure this is simple ... I am using a PC to telnet to a FreeBSD
> > system.  The backquote key does not work.  I believe the STTY
> > command is used to set the backquote key on FreeBSD.  Can anyone
> > tell me the STTY command syntax to do this??
>
> Is the "PC" running Windows?
>
> Some installations of Windows use the backquote character as a
> special "accent character", which adds a grave accent "`" mark above
> the next character typed.  If you hit the backquote key and then
> quickly SPACE, a single backquote is then sent to the application
> (and to FreeBSD, through the SSH connection).

I use KDE and then set my keyboard layout to Spanish traditional. It=20
provides for the "con acento" such as =E1, "=F1", and etc. If I press the "=
=20
key and then a letter, I get the equivalent of the umlaut key. Look for=20
a layout that specifies "dead keys".

Kent

>
> - Giorgos
>
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=2D-=20
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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