English/European Input Mode
The English/European input mode includes the English alphabet plus characters with diacritical marks (for example, á, è, î, õ, and ü) and characters (such as ¡, §, ¿) from European scripts.
This input mode is the default mode for any application. The input mode is displayed at the bottom left corner of the GUI application window.
To insert characters with diacritical marks or special characters from Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9, you must type a Compose key sequence, as described in the following examples.
To display the Ä character:
Press and release the Compose key.
Press Shift and A simultaneously. Release Shift and A.
Press and release ".
To display the ¿, character:
Press and release the Compose key.
Press and release ?.
Press and release ?.
When there is no Compose key available on your keyboard, you can emulate its operation by simultaneously pressing the Control key and the Shift key.
For the input of the Euro currency symbol (Unicode value U+20AC) from the locale, you can use any one of following input sequences:
AltGraph and E together
AltGraph and 4 together
AltGraph and 5 together
With these input sequences, you press both keys simultaneously. If there is no AltGraph key available on your keyboard, you can substitute the Alt key.
The following tables show the most commonly used compose sequences for Latin-1, Latin-2, Latin-3, Latin-4, Latin-5, and Latin-9 script input for the Solaris operating environment.
The following table lists the common Latin-1 Compose key sequences.
Table 5-2 Common Latin-1 Compose Key Sequences
Press Compose, then Press and Release | Then Press and Release | Result |
|---|---|---|
spacebar | spacebar | no-break space |
s | 1 | superscripted 1 |
s | 2 | superscripted 2 |
s | 3 | superscripted 3 |
! | ! | inverted exclamation mark |
x | o | currency symbol ¤ |
p | ! | paragraph symbol ¶ |
/ | u | mu u |
' | " | acute accent ´ |
, | , (comma) | cedilla Ç |
" | " | diaeresis ¨ |
- | ^ | macron ¯ |
o | o | degree ° |
x | x | multiplication sign x |
+ | - | plus-minus ± |
- | - | soft hyphen - |
- | : | division sign ÷ |
- | a | ordinal (feminine) ª |
- | o | ordinal (masculine) º |
- | , (comma) | not sign ¬ |
. | . | middle dot · |
1 | 2 | vulgar fraction ½ |
1 | 4 | vulgar fraction ¼ |
3 | 4 | vulgar fraction ¾ |
< | < | left double angle quotation mark « |
> | > | right double angle quotation mark » |
? | ? | inverted question mark ¿ |
A | ` (backquote) | A grave À |
A | ' (single quote) | A acute Á |
A | * | A ring above Å |
A | " | A diaeresis Ä |
A | ^ | A circumflex  |
A | ~ | A tilde à |
A | E | AE diphthong Æ |
C | , (comma) | C cedilla Ç |
C | o | copyright sign © |
D | - | Capital eth ð |
E | ` (backquote) | E grave È |
E | ' | E acute É |
E | " | E diaeresis Ë |
E | ^ | E circumflex Ê |
I | ` (backquote) | I grave Ì |
I | ' | I acute Í |
I | " | I diaeresis Ï |
I | ^ | I circumflex Î |
L | - | pound sign L |
N | ~ | N tilde Ñ |
O | ` (backquote) | O grave Ò |
O | ' | O acute Ó |
O | / | O slash Ø |
O | " | O diaeresis Ö |
O | ^ | O circumflex Ô |
O | ~ | O tilde Õ |
R | O | registered mark ® |
T | H | Thorn þ |
U | ` (backquote) | U grave Ù |
U | ' | U acute Ú |
U | " | U diaeresis Ü |
U | ^ | U circumflex Û |
Y | ' | Y acute ý |
Y | - | yen sign ¥ |
a | ` (backquote) | a grave à |
a | ' | a acute á |
a | * | a ring above å |
a | " | a diaeresis ä |
a | ~ | a tilde ã |
a | ^ | a circumflex â |
a | e | ae diphthong æ |
c | , (comma) | c cedilla ç |
c | / | cent sign ¢ |
c | o | copyright sign © |
d | - | eth ð |
e | ` (backquote) | e grave è |
e | ' | e acute é |
e | " | e diaeresis ë |
e | ^ | e circumflex ê |
i | ` (backquote) | i grave ì |
i | ' | i acute í |
i | " | i diaeresis ï |
i | ^ | i circumflex î |
n | ~ | n tilde ñ |
o | ` (backquote) | o grave ò |
o | ' | o acute ó |
o | / | o slash ø |
o | " | o diaeresis ö |
o | ^ | o circumflex ô |
o | ~ | o tilde õ |
s | s | German double s ß also known as sharp S |
t | h | thorn þ |
u | ` (backquote) | u grave ù |
u | ' | u acute ú |
u | " | u diaeresis ü |
u | ^ | u circumflex û |
y | ' | y acute y |
y | " | y diaeresis ÿ |
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