[ale] 2nd try. First never made it. Looking for a simple method to generate Spanish language characters.

[Jim Lynch]

Joshua Chase wrote:
> I bounced the question off a buddy of mine, and he replied with:
>
>
> Sure, on any full keyboard, make sure NumLock is on, then pres ALT+164
> (hold down the ALT key, and while holding press 1,6,4) on the
> dedicated number keypad. Doing it on the top set of numbers (the ones
> above the letters) won't work.  Here's a short list of all the accents
> and special characters:
>
> á = alt+160
> é = alt+130
> í = alt+ 161
> ó = alt+ 162
> ú = alt + 163
> ñ =alt + 164
> Ñ = alt + 165
> ¡ = alt + 173
> ¿ = alt + 168
> ü = alt + 129
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
Hi, Josh,

I was looking for a Linux solution however and that's too many 
keystrokes.  There's gotta be a way to map something.

Jim.