The default keyboard representation of accented characters in X-Mosaic, running under the UNIX operating system, is made up of two character strings with the vowel followed by the appropriate symbol. These are
grave = back slash. Example: à --> a\ aigu = forward slash. Example: é --> e/ circonflexe = caret. Example: ê --> e^ cedille = comma. Example ç --> c, trema = double quote. Example ö --> o"