Re: What layout should I use to emulate a German keyboard but also be able to type other European characters?
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:23:00PM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> That depemds on your needs and software. For the occasional foreign
> character, I like to use X's compose facility. I mapped the compose
> key to CAPS LOCK (who needs that, right?), and then I can, for example
> do COMPOSE + < + 3 to get ♥, or COMPOSE + , + c to get ç. The nice
> thing is that the sequences are somewhat mnemonic, you can extend
> them, and they don't contradict what is on your key labels.
>
> This gets me along for the occasional French text on my German layout
> keyboard.
That's what I use as well. The instructions for customizing your XCompose
combinations are at <https://wiki.debian.org/XCompose>.
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