Deadkey

A dead key is a key on the keyboard that modifies the next key that will be pressed. An example is ` that, when pressed, does not produce any character but waits for the next key press. If the next keypress is an "e", the resulting character is &egrave;.

= See also =
 * configuring Keyboards
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifier_key
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key