B    Composing Characters

Depending on the keyboard type, you compose characters in either of the following ways:

• Use three-stroke sequences on a LK401 keyboard, including the North American/United Kingdom, Dutch, and Norwegian/Danish keyboards.

• Use two-stroke sequences on other keyboards.

To compose a character:

1. Find the character you want to create in column 1 of the three tables that follow.

2. To compose a three-stroke sequence, press the Compose Character key and type the two characters in column 2.

3. To compose a two-stroke sequence, type the two characters in column 3. The desired character is displayed.

4. Press the Compose Character key, the <X] (delete) key, the Tab key, Return key, or the Enter key to cancel a compose sequence.

The North American, United Kingdom, and Dutch keyboards do not have diacritical marks. If you use a diacritical mark, DECterm uses an equivalent character.

Table B-1 lists the characters you can compose in Multinational Character Mode.

Table B-1: Multinational Character Mode Compose Characters

	Character	Three-Stroke Sequence	Two-Stroke Sequence
"	double quotation mark	" space bar	" space bar
#	number sign	++
.apostrophe	' space bar	' space bar
@	commercial at sign	A A
[	opening bracket	( (
\	backslash	/ / or / <
]	closing bracket	) )
^	circumflex accent	^ space bar	^ space bar
\`	grave accent	` space bar	` space bar
{	opening brace	( -
|	vertical line	/ ^
}	closing brace	) -
~	tilde	~ space bar	~ space bar
¡	inverted !	!!
¢	cent sign	C/ or C|
£	pound sign	L- or L=
\(Y=	yen sign	Y- or Y=
§	section sign	SO or S! or S0
¤	currency sign	XO or X0
	copyright sign	CO or C0
ª	feminine ordinal	A_
\(<<	open angle brackets	< <
°	degree sign	0 ^
±	plus-or-minus sign	+ - -
\s-2\u2\d\s0	superscript 2	2 ^
\s-2\u3\d\s0	superscript 3	3 ^
\(*m	micro sign	/ U
\(pa	paragraph sign	P!
·	middle dot	. ^
\s-2\u1\d\s0	superscript 1	1 ^
º	masculine ordinal	O_
»	closed angle brackets	>>
¼	fraction one-quarter	1 4
½	fraction one-half	1 2
¿	inverted ?	??
À	A grave	A `	` A
Á	A acute	A `	`A
Â	A circumflex	A^	^A
Ã	A tilde	A~	~A
Ä	A umlaut	A" or "A	"A
Å	A ring	A* or A° (degree sign)	°A
Æ	A E diphthong	AE
Ç	C cedilla	C,
È	E grave	E `	` E
É	E acute	E `	` E
Ê	E circumflex	E^	^E
Ë	E umlaut	E" or "E	"E
Ì	I grave	I `	` I
Í	I acute	I `	` I
Î	I circumflex	I^	^I
Ï	I umlaut	I" or "I	"I
Ñ	N tilde	N ~	~ N
Ò	O grave	O `	` O
Ó	O acute	O `	` O
Ô	O circumflex	O^	^O
Õ	O tilde	O~	~O
Ö	O umlaut	O" or "O	"O
OE	O E diphthong	O E
Ø	O slash	O /
Ù	U grave	U `	` U
Ú	U acute	U `	` U
Û	U circumflex	U^	^U
Ü	U umlaut	U" or "U	"U
	Y umlaut	Y" or "Y	"Y
	German small sharp s	ss
à	a grave	a `	` a
á	a acute	a `	` a
â	a circumflex	a^	^a
ã	a tilde	a ~	~ a
ä	a umlaut	a" or "a	"a
å	a ring	a* or a° (degree sign)	°a
æ	a e diphthong	a e
ç	c cedilla	c , (comma)
è	e grave	e `	` e
é	e acute	e `	` e
ê	e circumflex	e^	^e
ë	e umlaut	e" or "e	"e
ì	i grave	i `	` i
í	i acute	i `	` i
î	i circumflex	i^	^i
ï	i umlaut	i" or "i	"i
ñ	n tilde	n ~	~n
ò	o grave	o `	` o
ó	o acute	o `	` o
ô	o circumflex	o^	^o
õ	o tilde	o ~	~ o
ö	o umlaut	o" or "o	"o
oe	o e diphthong	o e
o	o slash	o/
ù	u grave	u `	` u
ú	u acute	u `	` u
û	u circumflex	u^	^u
ü	u umlaut	u" or "u	"u
ÿ	y umlaut	y" or "y	"y
	ISO Latin 1 Characters
	no break space	sp sp
||	broken vertical bar	|| or ! ^
¬	logical not	- ,
-	soft (syllable) hyphen	- -
®	registered trademark	R O
¯	macron	- ^
¾	three quarters	3 4
/	division sign	- :
`	acute accent	` `
¸	cedilla	, ,
¨	dieresis	" "	" space bar
Ý	Y acute	Y '	` Y
ý	y acute	y '	` y
	capital Icelandic thorn	T H
	small Icelandic thorn	t h
	capital Icelandic Eth	- D
	small Icelandic Eth	- d

In the ISO Latin 1 mode, the characters w, W, and ] are not available.

Table B-2 lists the characters you can compose using typewriter keys in National Replacement Mode.

Table B-2: National Replacement Mode Compose Characters (Typewriter Keys)

	Character	Three-Stroke Sequence	Two-Stroke Sequence
British
£	pound sign	L- or L=
\`	grave accent	` space bar
Danish
#	number sign	++
`	apostrophe	` space bar
@	commercial at sign	AA
\`	grave accent	` space bar
Dutch
£	pound sign	L- or L=
`	apostrophe	` space bar
¼	one quarter	1 4
½	one half	1 2
¾	three quarters	3 4
ij	i j sign	i j
fl	florin	f -
\`	grave accent	` space bar
`	acute accent	` `
¨	dieresis	" ^
Finnish
#	number sign	++
`	apostrophe	` space bar
Flemish and French/Belgian
£	pound sign	L- or L=
`	apostrophe	` space bar
\`	grave accent	` space bar
French Canadian
`	apostrophe	` space bar
à	a grave	`a	`a
â	a circumflex	^ a	^ a
è	e grave	`e	`e
ê	e circumflex	^ e	^ e
î	i circumflex	^ i	^ i
ô	o circumflex	^ o	^ o
ù	u grave	`u	ù
û	u circumflex	^ u	^ u
German/Austrian
`	apostrophe	` space bar
\`	grave accent	` space bar
Italian
`	apostrophe	` space bar
Norwegian
`	apostrophe	` space bar
\`	grave accent	` space bar
Portuguese
`	apostrophe	` space bar
\`	grave accent	` space bar
Ã	A tilde	~ A
Õ	O tilde	~ O
ã	a tilde	~ a
õ	o tilde	~ o
Spanish
£	pound sign	L- or L=
`	apostrophe	` space bar
§	section sign	!S or OS or 0S
\`	grave accent	` space bar
~	tilde	~ space bar
Swedish
#	number sign	++
`	apostrophe	` space bar
É	E acute	` E
é	e acute	` e
Swiss/French and Swiss/German
`	apostrophe	` space bar
ê	e circumflex	^ e	^ e
î	i circumflex	^ i	^ i
ô	o circumflex	^ o	^ o
ù	u grave	` u	` u
û	u circumflex	^ u	^ u

Table B-3 lists the characters that you compose in National Replacement Mode using data processing keys.

Table B-3: National Replacement Mode Compose Characters (Data Processing Keys)

	Character	Three-Stroke Sequence
"	double quotation mark	" space bar
#	number sign	+ +
`	apostrophe	` space bar
@	commercial at	aa or AA or aA
[	opening bracket	( (
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\	backslash	/ <
]	closing bracket	^ space bar
{	opening brace	( -
|	vertical bar	^ /
}	closing brace	) -
~	tilde	~ space bar