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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Dead Keys and X
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Date: 31 Jul 90 14:36:13 GMT
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    does the server translate the sequence and send only a key down, key
    up for "a umlaut"

The server does not do dead key translation or compose processing.

    Also, what part does XLookupString play in this ?

It was supposed to deal with this, but the sample implementation never has.
Some vendors have added support in their products.

The Xlib internationalization work currently underway in the Consortium
involves defining revised interfaces that are capable of supporting not
only European input methods, but Asian input methods as well.