re accented characters how i ve been able to configure xterm so that i can type in accented characters i m using x r with iso fonts my shell is tcsh with the following definitions setenv lc ctype iso stty pass then i add the following in my xdefaults file xterm eightbitinput true xterm eightbitoutput true xterm vt translations override meta key keymap aigu n meta key keymap grave n meta key keymap circ n meta key keymap ced xterm vt aigukeymap translations shift key e string xe keymap none n key e string xc keymap none n shift key c string xe n key c string xc xterm vt gravekeymap translations shift key e string xe keymap none n key e string xc keymap none n shift key u string xf keymap none n key u string xd keymap none n shift key a string xe keymap none n key a string xc keymap none xterm vt circkeymap translations shift key e string xea keymap none n key e string xca keymap none n shift key u string xfb keymap none n key u string xdb keymap none n shift key i string xee keymap none n key i string xce keymap none n shift key o string xf keymap none n key o string xd keymap none xterm vt cedkeymap translations shift key c string xe keymap none n key c string xc keymap none this makes the meta keys behave as dead keys of course this only works for xterm for emacs my solution is to install the lucid version of gnuemacs and to load the x compose library hope this helps eric eric dujardin eric dujardin inria fr inria rocquencourt projet rodin les bons gongs font bp le chesnay cedex les bonzes amis tel gotlib
