Re: Setting the compose key without KDE

[Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu@fastmail.co.uk>]

Mika Suomalainen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Try running
> > dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
> as root. It will ask you what key you want to use as
> compose-key/multi-key.

Indeed it does, and I asked for the Left-Logo key. In
the file /etc/default/keyboard I notice that the environment
string XKBOPTIONS is set to 
"lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
so obviously the configuration has done something. But what programs 
read that file? I tried pressing the left windows key, holding it down 
and pressing ^ and then c, but I still don't get the accented character. 
So what am I doing wrong?
--
Sian Mountbatten


> On 19.02.2012 16:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > I have expunged KDE from my computer and am using xdm and fvwm as
> > display manager and window manager respectively.
> >
> > Under KDE, I had a Compose key (Multi-key?) which enabled me to
> > produce characters with accents used in Esperanto. I no longer have
> > KDE, so I tried using the xkeycaps program to change a key to be a
> > Multi-key. Unfortunately, xkeycaps failed with a segmentation
> > fault.
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