How can I type Umlaut characters in a Putty session

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I am trying to type some German characters in my putty session. I am able to type it on notepad or other editors.

asdƲas

But when I try to paste the above text on my Putty session, nothing happens (i.e. nothing gets echoed).

My Putty Configuration -> Window -> Translation -> Remote Character set has ISO-8859-1:1998 Latin-1, West Europe. I tried a few other character sets and I am not able to type Umlaut characters.

Is there some other setting to make sure that I can type Umlaut characters in a Putty session ?

SyncMaster

Posted 2015-02-17T23:43:36.197

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Related: http://superuser.com/q/91433/820 The answer is probably the same, check your translation setting for both your shell and in PuTTY.

– heavyd – 2015-02-18T00:18:58.913

What character set should I use to get Umlaut characters. I am having ISO-8859-1:1998 Latin-1, West Europe. I tried a few others and still I am not able to type Umlaut chracters. – SyncMaster – 2015-02-18T00:50:57.427

1I would try UTF-8. – heavyd – 2015-02-18T00:52:06.490

Answers

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You may be able to enter it if you know the ASCII value by holding down the Alt while entering the number from the numeric keypad; e.g. U-umlaut is Alt0220.

This works for some characters in CMD prompt, but may need the changes @heavyd references.

DrMoishe Pippik

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