====== Deutsche Umlaute auf Amerikanische Tastaturen ======

zitiert von http://idolinux.blogspot.de/2009/02/linux-and-umlaut-typing.html

Here is how to type German umlauts, those accent dots above the vowels, in Linux. I did this with a US keyboard on Fedora 10, but it may also work on Redhat or CentOS.

===== for the Gnome Desktop: =====


  * go to System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard on the Gnome menu
  * select the Layouts tab
  * click the Layout Options... button
  * expand Compose key position
  * check the box Right Ctrl is Compose or Right Win-key is Compose

===== for the K Desktop: =====

  * go to Control Center on the KDE menu
  * select Regional & Accessibility
  * check Keyboard Layouts
  * choose model Generic 104-key PC
  * choose layout U.S. English
  * choose variant basic
  * go to the Switching Options tab
  * choose switching policy global
  * go to the Xkb Options tab
  * check Enable xkb options
  * check Compose Key Position
  * set Right Ctrl or Right Win-key as your Compose Key

===== Deutsche Umlaute =====

The Right Ctrl or the Right Win key are now a "compose key". With it you can compose symbols by combining two characters. The double-quote then the letter "a" equals an umlaut-a (ä). Tap the compose key, then tap shift+quote for a double-quote, then tap the a-key.

  * ä is compose, then ", then a
  * ö is compose, then ", then o
  * ü is compose, then ", then u
  * ß is compose, then s, then s

There are plenty of symbols and accent marks for other languages as well, like grave/acute ticks (à á), circumflex (â), and many other symbols (æ þ µ ® € ¥ ₨ ½ ² ± ° ¿¡). So international!