display of accented characters

[Hugh Lawson]

Emacs 21, talking about Latin characters

Problem: in X, using a Multi-key (compose key) the accented characters
are displayed in a different smaller font. But, with the same emacs,
using iso-accents-mode, the accented characters are displayed as
expected.  

This means that this emacs install can display the accented characters
properly.

How can I make them display properly without using the
iso-accents-mode?

Or, where in the documentation is this issue discussed?  I've done a
good bit of web searching and doc browsing.


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Hugh Lawson
hlawson@triad.rr.com