Re: How to insert symbols into emails
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:02:20 +0100
Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> wrote:
> I read that for custom sequence I've to create a ~/.XCompose file,
> but where can I find the character to map i.e. Greek letters: "α" "β"
> "γ" ?
Try the gucharmap package. You look a character up by name, and copy it
into place. E.g. crocodile, 🐊.
>
> In "/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose" file the ALPHA char is
> defined as:
>
> <dead_greek> <a> : "α" U03B1 # GREEK SMALL
> LETTER ALPHA
>
> What stands for <dead_greek> ?
Look at the Wikipedia entry for dead key.
> Could I have an example of custom
> ~/.XCompose file for this letter, please?
https://wiki.debian.org/XCompose
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