Compose Key Sequences
If you are using the standard ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) code set you can produce all characters by pressing the Compose key followed by other keys. These compose key sequences are listed in Table C-1.
Note - ISO Latin-1 does not support the character for the Euro currency symbol (see "Euro Currency Symbol").
On a SPARC keyboard, pressing the Compose key should illuminate the light on the key. On an IA keyboard, the Compose key is Control-Shift-F1 (hold the Control and Shift keys down and press the F1 key).
Table C-1 Compose Key Sequences for ISO Latin-1 Code Set
Compose | Result | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
space | space |
| Space |
! | ! | ¡ | Inverted exclamation |
c | / | ¢ | Cents |
l | - | L | Pounds sterling |
o | x | ¤ | Currency symbol |
y | - | ¥ | Yen |
| | | | ¦ | Broken bar |
s | o | § | Section |
" | " | ¨ | Umlaut/diaeresis |
c | o | © | Copyright |
- | a | ª | Feminine ordinal |
< | < | « | Left guillemet |
- | | | ¬ | Not sign |
- | - | - | Soft hyphen |
r | o | ® | Registered |
^ | - |
¯ | Macron |
^ | 0 | ° | Degree |
+ | - | ± | Plus-minus |
^ | 2 | ² | Superscript 2 |
^ | 3 | ³ | Superscript 3 |
\ | \ | ´ | Prime/acute accent |
/ | u | µ | Mu/micro |
P | ! | ¶ | Pilcro/paragraph |
^ | . |
· | Middle dot |
, | , | ¸ | Cedilla |
^ | 1 | ¹ | Superscript 1 |
_ | o | º | Masculine ordinal |
> | > | » | Right guillemet |
1 | 4 | ¼ | Quarter |
1 | 2 | ½ | Half |
3 | 4 | ¾ | Three quarters |
? | ? | ¿ | Inverted question |
A | ` | À | A grave |
A | ' | Á | A acute |
A | ^ | Â | A circumflex |
A | ~ | Ã | A tilde |
A | " | Ä | A umlaut |
A | * | Å | A angstrom |
A | E | Æ | AE ligature |
C | , | Ç | C cedilla |
E | ` | È | E grave |
E | ' | É | E acute |
E | ^ | Ê | E circumflex |
E | " | Ë | E umlaut |
I | ` | Ì | I grave |
I | ' | Í | I acute |
I | ^ | Î | I circumflex |
I | " | Ï | I umlaut |
D | - | Ð | Eth |
N | ~ | Ñ | N tilde |
O | ` | Ò | O grave |
O | ' | Ó | O acute |
O | ^ | Ô | O circumflex |
O | ~ | Õ | O tilde |
O | " | Ö | O umlaut |
x | x | x | Multiply |
O | / | Ø | O slash |
U | ` | Ù | U grave |
U | ' | Ú | U acute |
U | ^ | Û | U circumflex |
U | " | Ü | U umlaut |
Y | ' | Ý | Y acute |
T | H | Þ | Thorn |
s | s | ß | Eszett/digraph s |
a | ` | à | a grave |
a | ' | á | a acute |
a | ^ | â | a circumflex |
a | ~ | ã | a tilde |
a | " | ä | a umlaut |
a | * | å | a angstrom |
a | e | æ | ae ligature |
c | , | ç | c cedilla |
e | ` | è | e grave |
e | ' | é | e acute |
e | ^ | ê | e circumflex |
e | " | ë | e umlaut |
i | ` | ì | i grave |
i | ' | í | i acute |
i | ^ | î | i circumflex |
i | " | ï | i umlaut |
d | - | ð | eth |
n | ~ | ñ | n tilde |
o | ` | ò | o grave |
o | ' | ó | o acute |
o | ^ | ô | o circumflex |
o | ~ | õ | o tilde |
o | " | ö | o umlaut |
- | : | ÷ | Divide |
o | / | ø | o slash |
u | ` | ù | u grave |
u | ' | ú | u acute |
u | ^ | û | u circumflex |
u | " | ü | u umlaut |
y | ' | ý | y acute |
t | h | þ | thorn |
y | " | ÿ | y umlaut |
Note - Localized keyboards do not all generate the same key codes for ISO Latin-1 characters. However, system translation tables take care of producing the right character code. The SunOS system finds its tables in /usr/share/lib/keytables.