Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key?
On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 15:12:17 (-0400), Doug wrote:
> On 09/13/2016 01:07 AM, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:
> >On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Doug wrote:
> >
> >>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.
> >
> >I see your point. That particular change is not going to surprise
> >anyone. It won't turn an expected character key into an unexpected
> >dead key, and then keep some other user from entering their password,
> >quotation marks, etc.
> >
> >In other words, no fun at all.
> >
> >>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?
> >
> >No, I am certainly not certain about that. And I imagine there are
> >desktop-environment-specific ways of configuring keyboard default
> >preferences like this, and doing so per-user. It will be interesting
> >to see if someone who uses the OP's DE suggests one.
> >
> >In the meantime there is also this:
> >
> > # dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuation
> >
> >It asks many questions. One of the questions it eventually asks is
> >about your compose key--whether you want one, which key you want it to
> >be, etc.
> >
> >It edits /etc/default/keyboard to conform to your answers. So the same
> >caveat about "system-wide changes, hope everyone will be equally
> >thrilled" applies. A backup of the file you started with, before you
> >made changes, could be convenient to have.
> >
> >>(I happen to be a big fan of Compose, because even if you don't
> >>write a European language,
> >
> >Aha, a Brexit joke. Good one.
> >
> >>it does other useful things—like that m-dash I just wrote.
> >
> >Mastery of sarcasm: Check.
> >
> >>And ½, ⅓, ⅜, ©, 75°, µF, 17¢, and others.)
> >
> >I see recognisable glyphs for five out of seven of those. My
> >environment does not support the other two.
> >
> >So I know what they are not, but I don't know what they are. Very
> >mysterious. Could be IPA symbols. Could be a happy face next to a
> >clover/club symbol. I may never know.
> Don't know what you are not seeing. Here's what I wrote—and what I do see—
>
> one-half, one-third, three-eighths, copyright symbol, degree sign
> after 75, Greek letter mu meaning micro before F (for Farads), cent
> sign after17.
Oh good, someone who uses these! Can you help me with how you use the
last of these characters:
⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ⅟
It doesn't say it's a combining character and I can't find any
denominators anyway to go with it.
(For those people using fonts having qualities other than a wide
repertoire, they're the thirds, fifths, sixths and eighths followed
by a solitary 1/ numerator.)
Cheers,
David.
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