Tutorials/Compose-Taste Alte Version

KDE 3 Configuration

Now we can go on and configure our windowing environment. This description uses either Kcontrol or the Kubuntu configuration tool, which exposes the same option dialogue.

• Start the System Settings or the KDE Control Center
• Regional & Language (for System Settings) or Regional & Accessibility (for Control Centre) -> Keyboard Layout
• Choose your keyboard layout
• Modify the <menuchioce>Xkb Options</menuchioce> to select/enable the compose key

KDE SC 4.0-4.4 configuration

Now we can go on and configure our windowing environment (Plasma). This description uses the System Settings as they're available in the K-Menu of the Kubuntu install:

• Start the System Settings
• Regional & Language
• Select the Keyboard Layout configuration
• Under the Layout tab, select Enable keyboard layouts
• Modify Advanced options to select/enable the compose key