How can I write a Swedish letter using i3wm as a window manager on ubuntu?

Question

I use Ubuntu 16.04 and as a window manager i3wm. I have a German keyboard, how can I write the Swedish letter "å" (basically any foreign letter).

Answer 1

I achieved it finally with xmodmap You can remap keys with a command like this:

xmodmap -e "keycode  38 = a A a A aring Aring ae"

This remaps right alt and right alt + shift to å and Å. The keycodes can vary, so you have to check for the right keycode with xmodmap -pke. In order to keep those changes also after a restart you can add the command to your .bashrc or .zshrc or whatever you use.