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 |
| Â | 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 | ||
| Ã | 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 | ||