Editing Dead key (section)

==Chained dead keys==

[[Unicode]] encoded over one hundred [[Precomposed character|precomposed&nbsp;characters]] with two [[diacritic]]s, for use in [[Latin script]] for [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and a number of other languages. For convenience, they are generated on most keyboards supporting them, by pressing the two corresponding deadkeys in any order, followed by the letter key. Therefore, these dead keys are ''chained'', which means that the second keystroke does not trigger any insertion, the system being still awaiting another key press.

Chaining dead keys allows for [[Compose key|compose&nbsp;key]] emulation by simply using the dead key feature. This may be performed either with proprietary keyboard editing software,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbdedit.com/manual/dead_chained.html |title=Chained dead keys |publisher=Kbdedit.com |access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref> or with driver development kits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11800 |title=Download Windows Driver Kit Version 7.1.0 from Official Microsoft Download Center |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=2010-02-26 |access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>