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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:16:57 +0100
From:	Hans-Georg Scherneck <hgs AT chalmers DOT se>
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Subject:	xterm losing accent keys
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When I press ` ^ ¨ or ~ and then space keys in xterm, it ignores the 
accents and puts a simple space.  The same with composition of accented 
characters like é. What worse is: this behaviour can change back to 
normal and back to improper, and I have no clue as to upon exactly what? 
Seems that sometimes just a change of focus to another window (xemacs) 
is sufficient, and the accent keys get deprived of function.

It's a really dangerous problem. Imagine: I'd launch   rm -f *    
(instead of  rm -f *~)    and pop would go the weasel. Anyway it's darn 
annoying.

The question is: How can I force proper handling of accent keys? 
Preferably a method more elegant than a reboot.

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