Dead key
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title:
Dead key
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A dead key is a special kind of modifier key on a mechanical typewriter, or computer keyboard, that is typically used to attach a specific diacritic to a base letter. The dead key does not generate a (complete) character by itself, but modifies the character generated by the key struck immediately after. Thus, a dedicated key is not needed for each possible combination of a diacritic and a letter, but rather only one dead key for each diacritic is needed, in addition to the normal base letter ke
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Special kind of modifier keyboard key
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key
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2024-04-07T19:02:42Z
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