From: Lilja Torwald rdesktop and OpenVMS kbd compose key 2003-04-15 04:57 To activate the OpenVMS keyboard compose key, make the following adjustments: In your keymap file: add a line containing the word enable_compose In file xwin.c: function ui_init(): Move line 357: xkeymap_init(); up 4 lines to before line 354: if (enable_compose) function ui_create_window(): Modify line 435 from IC = XCreateIC(IM, XNInputStyle, (XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing), to IC = XCreateIC(IM, XNInputStyle, (XIMPreeditNone | XIMStatusNone), Torwald Lilja