Compose Key
The VT emulator supports the VT340 compose key for generating special characters on the display. Before using the compose key, define a key combination that represents it.
Using the compose key involves three separate actions:
- Press and release the compose key.
- Press and release the first character (see Table 1).
- Press and release the second character.
Table 1 shows the appearance and name of each
special character, the character pair that generates the character,
and an indication whether the order of entering the characters is
significant.
Generated Character | Compose Key, Plus This Pair | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Appearance | Description | First | Second | Order |
Á | A acute | A | ' | either |
á | a acute | a | ' | either |
 | A circumflex | A | ^ | either |
â | a circumflex | a | ^ | either |
À | A grave | A | ˋ | either |
à | a grave | a | ˋ | either |
Å | A ring | A | * | either |
A | ° | either | ||
å | a ring | a | * | either |
a | ° | either | ||
à | A tilde | A | ~ | either |
ã | a tilde | a | ~ | either |
Ä | A umlaut | A | " | either |
ä | a umlaut | a | " | either |
Æ | AE ligature | A | E | as shown |
æ | ae ligature | a | e | as shown |
´ | apostrophe | ' | space | either |
@ | at sign | a | a | either |
A | A | either | ||
\ | backslash | / | / | either |
\ | backslash | / | < | either |
Ç | C cedilla | C | , | either |
ç | c cedilla | c | , | either |
¢ | cent sign | c | / | either |
C | / | either | ||
c | | | either | ||
C | | | either | ||
^ | circumflex accent | ^ | space | either |
} | close brace | ) | - | either |
] | close bracket | ) | ) | either |
» | close French quote | > | > | either |
@ | commercial at | a | a | either |
A | A | either | ||
© | copyright mark | c | o | either |
C | O | either | ||
c | 0 | either | ||
C | 0 | either | ||
° | degree sign | 0 | ^ | either |
° | space | either | ||
# | space | either | ||
É | E acute | E | ' | either |
é | e acute | e | ' | either |
Ê | E circumflex | E | ^ | either |
ê | e circumflex | e | ^ | either |
È | E grave | E | ˋ | either |
è | e grave | e | ˋ | either |
Ë | E umlaut | E | " | either |
ë | e umlaut | e | " | either |
a | feminine ordinal indicator | a | _ | either |
A | _ | either | ||
½ | fraction one-half | 1 | 2 | as shown |
¼ | fraction one-quarter | 1 | 4 | as shown |
ß | German ess-tset | s | s | either |
µ![]() |
Greek mu | / | u | as shown |
/ | U | as shown | ||
» | guillemets, closing | > | > | either |
« | guillemets, opening | < | < | either |
Í | I acute | I | ' | either |
í | i acute | i | ' | either |
Î | I circumflex | I | ^ | either |
î | i circumflex | i | ^ | either |
Ì | I grave | I | ˋ | either |
ì | i grave | i | ˋ | either |
Ï | I umlaut | I | " | either |
ï | i umlaut | i | " | either |
¡ | inverted exclamation | ! | ! | either |
¿![]() |
inverted question mark | ? | ? | either |
o | masculine ordinal indicator | o | _ | either |
O | _ | either | ||
µ![]() |
micro sign | / | u | as shown |
/ | U | as shown | ||
•![]() |
middle dot | . | ^ | either |
Ñ | N tilde | N | ~ | either |
ñ | n tilde | n | ~ | either |
# | number sign | + | + | either |
Ó | O acute | O | ' | either |
ó | o acute | o | ' | either |
Ô | O circumflex | O | ^ | either |
ô | o circumflex | o | ^ | either |
Ò | O grave | O | ˋ | either |
ò | o grave | o | ˋ | either |
Ø | O slash | O | / | either |
ø | o slash | o | / | either |
Õ | O tilde | O | ~ | either |
õ | o tilde | o | ~ | either |
Ö | O umlaut | O | " | either |
ö | o umlaut | o | " | either |
Œ![]() |
OE ligature | O | E | as shown |
œ![]() |
oe ligature | o | e | as shown |
{ | open brace | ( | - | either |
[ | open bracket | ( | ( | either |
« | open French quote | < | < | either |
¶ | paragraph sign | p | ! | either |
± | plus-or-minus sign | + | - | either |
£ | pound sterling sign | l | - | either |
L | - | either | ||
l | = | either | ||
L | = | either | ||
" | quotation mark | " | space | either |
§ | section sign | s | o | either |
S | O | either | ||
s | ! | either | ||
S | ! | either | ||
s | 0 | either | ||
S | 0 | either | ||
' | single quote | ' | space | either |
ß | ss German | s | s | either |
¹ | superscript 1 | 1 | ^ | either |
² | superscript 2 | 2 | ^ | either |
³ | superscript 3 | 3 | ^ | either |
~ | tilde | ~ | space | either |
Ú | U acute | U | ' | either |
ú | u acute | u | ' | either |
Û | U circumflex | U | ^ | either |
û | u circumflex | u | ^ | either |
Ù | U grave | U | ˋ | either |
ù | u grave | u | ˋ | either |
Ü | U umlaut | U | " | either |
ü | u umlaut | u | " | either |
| | vertical line | / | ^ | either |
Ÿ![]() |
Y umlaut | Y | " | either |
ÿ | y umlaut | y | " | either |
¥ | yen sign | y | - | either |
Y | - | either | ||
y | = | either | ||
Y | = | either |