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Re: Setting the compose key without KDE



Clive Standbridge wrote:
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?

Hi Sian,

Holding down the compose key is what you're doing wrong. Just press
and release it before typing your compose sequence.

It's also worth noting that the compose sequences in Debian work only
one order, i.e. "Compose ^ c" works but "Compose c ^" doesn't (unlike
at least some versions of Unix which work in either order).

Yes! Thank you for your help: ĉ ĝ ĵ ŝ ŭ. The only one that doesn't work is h with a circumflex, but it's rarely used in Esperanto. And capital letters: Ĉ Ĝ Ĥ Ĵ Ŝ Ŭ. Nearly alright now. What a relief. It just shows that KDE is not indispensible.
--
Sian Mountbatten
Algol 68 specialist


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