>>>>> Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> writes: >> I'm using the Resara Linux (KDE) and need to write characters on a regular >> basis that are similar to á, é, í etc. > This would be the Locale setting. Since this Linux distribution is less than ten years old, his locale is probably already en_US.UTF-8, which of course allows him to display any possible character. His question was about how to enter those characters with his US keyboard. That's where those of us who regularly write in non-English Latin languages use "dead keys" or a Compose key (the Windows logo key is the usual choice for that). -- Roger Williams <roger at qux.com> Chief Technical Officer, Qux Corporation 433 West Street, Suite 8, Amherst, MA 01002, USA Tel +1 413 253-6400 * Fax +1 508 302-0230 * GSM +1 508 287-1420