special characters, ie spanish accents

[chip]

Thanks for the tip. I just gave that a try and it works fine, a little 
cumbersome though. But I'm sure I can get used to it. :)
--
Chip

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, david wrote:
 > This may be of limited use to you, but the vim editor has this ability
 > built-in (if compiled that way).  To see what's available, start a vim
 > session and type ':help digraphs'.

 > --
 > David Fleck
 > david.fleck at mchsi.com

On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, chip wrote:
 >> How do I get the special characters to work, which work in MS Windoze
 >> using the conbination of right-alt+4digit code? I need to be able to 
 >>use
 >> certain accents and characters found in spanish writing. I am using
 >> FBSD-5.1 with XFCE window manager.