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Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key?



On 09/11/2016 11:47 PM, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:

And if I wanted that behavior all the time, I would edit the file
/etc/default/keyboard, adding compose:rwin to the comma-separated list
of pairs in XKBOPTIONS.

Of course, editing that file will change the default system-wide, for
everybody. Even, erm, Mark! (...if running Ubuntu.)

Maybe that is not what you want.


It looks like your code sets up the right Win key to be Compose, I don't know why it would bother anyone using the machine. It wouldn't stay that way if you rebooted into Windows, and the key does nothing at all (that I know of) in Linux. As it happens, I have an old IBM model M keyboard with no Windows keys, so I use the right alt key. Also, PCLOS has an option in the keyboard setup to choose a Compose key. Are you sure that Debian doesn't
have that capability built in, somewhere?
(I happen to be a big fan of Compose, because even if you don't write a European language, it does other useful things—like that m-dash I just wrote.
And ½, ⅓, ⅜, ©, 75°, µF, 17¢, and others.)

--doug


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