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 Character Generation (Special Characters)).
- Press and release the second character.
Character Generation (Special Characters) 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 | ||