Re: Binding key to insert an non-spacing acute accent

[Rudolf Schlatte <rudi@constantly.at>]

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I often mix English with other languages, such as Spanish, that have
> accents.  I usually use the compose keyboard sequence to enter accented
> characters.  However, I recently learned that you can insert a
> non-spacing accent (e.g. acute) via C-x 8 RET.  Lovely!

Not a direct answer to your question, but when I need a quick á I just
type C-x 8 ' a

For a list of all those key combinations, press C-x 8 C-h and then
expand the "> Key translations Starting With C-x 8:" line.

Hope that helps!