Bug#362408: xkb-data: Compose key not working any more in X.Org 7

[Vincent Bernat <bernat@luffy.cx>]

OoO En cette  soirée bien amorcée du jeudi 13  avril 2006, vers 22:24,
Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org> disait:

>> After upgrading to X.Org 7, my compose key is not working any more.
>> 
>> Those two commands have no effect :
>> 
>> setxkbmap us "" compose:rwin
>> xmodmap -e "keysym Super_R = Multi_key"

> What does xev display when you press this key?

It says that it is Multi_key.  In fact, the problem is more subtle. In
xterm  or  emacs,   the  compose  key  is  not   working  but  in  GTK
applications, it is working fine.
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