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From: rr2b+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Robert Andrew Ryan)
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Subject: Re: X11 key bindings
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Date: 11 Dec 90 12:23:50 GMT
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ATK maps the Meta-key combinations to ESC-<the character>.

So, assuming that there are no conflicts with other keybindings you
could use something like:

addkey compchar-compose \ea textview textview inherit "a:"

for the a umlaut and similarly for the others.

-Rob Ryan
Student Programmer, ATK group