Compose key

Hi, I tried to search it but I couldn't find anything. I'm a total beginner as a linux user.
Is there any Compose key assigned already in the EN keyboard (bought my AA1 in US)
How I can assign this key to the right click key in the keyboard ?
I want to use the EN keyboard but get some accented characters occasionally.

Thanks

Carles

 

After I post this, I saw a guy in the cafe with an aspire one. I started a litle chat and he ofered me to set the compose key for me. The button part is that he assigned to ALTGr but it didn't stick so he set up a comand like ./compose so when I type it in the terminal I can use accents. The problem is that this breaks the functionality of the ALTGr key and I can go back to the input device screen where he typed the changes.

How can I get to the input device screen to change it to the original?

In "http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Accented_Characters" they say "the Compose key can be specified in the "Input Device" section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. For instance, the following sets the "right windows" key to be the Compose key:

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin""

but for this I also have to go to the Input Device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and I don't know how to get there.

Thanks

Carles

 

On my system, -not- an Acer-one, but Debian Linux with a Gnome Desktop, I can get an accented e by holding left ctrl + shift and typing e9 : é
E9 being the hexadecimal code in this list: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable
Not sure if that works on the One.
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For editing your xorg.conf do: sudo mousepad /etc/X11/xorg.conf
To be safe, copy it first: sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old

Be careful, if you screw up this xorg.conf you might have to restore things by booting from an other system on a usb-stick and doing things on the commandline!

--Japser.

 

Thanks. I look at my /etc/X11/xorg.conf and seems that nothing is changed. But my AltGr is not working as suposed. Now It doesn't do anything but if I go to terminal and type ./compose ( a kind of shortcut he made in Chmod sp?) then I can type accents which is what I wanted but I have to do it each time. I wish I could set it up permanently but I have no idea where to look or what ./compose points at.
Thanks

Carles