Questions tagged [compose-key]
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Compose key now needs to be released before typing sequence?
When typing with the compose key, I sometimes happen not to release the compose key before striking the first key of the sequence. E.g., so type ç, which is Compose,,,c, I sometimes do Compose+,,c. It ...
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How am I supposed to use the Compose key sequence for producing ≰?
Looking at /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose, I see the following lines defined:
<Multi_key> <less> <equal> : "≤" U2264 # LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
<Multi_key&...
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Move text cursor with compose key sequence
I was wondering if it is possible in my .Xcompose file to have a compose sequence that also moves the cursor.
For example, if I have
<Multi_key> <c> <n> <w> : "<code>...
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How to terminate compose key sequence?
I tried adding this compose key sequence to my ~/.XCompose:
<Multi_key> <L> <L> : "Λ" U039B # GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA
I then tried to use this in a few places, but the ...
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Changing compose Tables to add new entries?
My PC is running EndeavourOS Linux with KDE Plasma as the DE.
I have recently discovered the concept of a compose key while skimming through the colemak website. In the section where it's being ...
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Entering special characters the same way on Windows and Linux
ctrlshiftu followed by the hex value of a Unicode character enters that character. For example, ctrlshiftu41 enters 'A', whose value is 0x41 in hex and 65 in decimal.
There's also the compose key, ...
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Entering cyrillic characters using compose key
I'd like to know how to add cyrillic characters to the compose-key without removing any of the existing characters that I have.
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How to add a compose character to a xkb keyboard layout
I created a custom Ukrainian ISO 9 layout successfully (by redacting /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ua and several other files), it works and all but it lacks one letter, namely G with a grave i.e. 'G̀' (...
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Overwrite existing Compose key sequences in GNOME
I'm using Arch with GNOME 41.3 (Wayland), and I'm trying to rewrite the existing Compose key sequences.
I know that I can define custom sequences in my ~/.XCompose by <Multi_key> <key1> &...
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xkb: Why is the compose key set to NoSymbol after a system update (OpenSuSE 15.2 → 15.3)?
After upgrading my OpenSuSE Leap from 15.2 to 15.3, I found out that the Compose key (keycode: 135) was no longer working. In fact, xev no longer recognised it as Multi_key, but as NoSymbol:
KeyPress ...
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using caps lock led to show compose key state
i have remapped my caps lock to compose, just like jarmund i don't need my caps lock. this however disables the caps lock led completely.
I'm looking for way to turn that led when i triggered the ...
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Peculiar and inconsistent behaviour of compose-key after reboot. How should I troubleshoot?
On my Linux Mint 19.3 - Cinnamon, I have observed that sometimes the compose-key works, sometimes it doesn't. Especially, it stopped working after reboot.
Investigating it led me to the conclusions ...
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How to map a sequence of keys to <dead_greek>?
I have mapped Insert to Multi_key (also known as Compose) so I can input ä or µ. I've used xmodmap -e 'keycode 118 = Multi_key' in my wm init script.
Now, checking /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/...
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How to map compose key to insert via setxkbmap?
I'm using US (non-international) layout. One way of typing üäöß is setting a compose key via:
setxkbmap -layout us -option compose:ralt
Unfortunately, this removes the normal "alt" ...
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Why is the behavior of the Compose key different under pure console and X?
I'm setting up the keyboard layouts in Xubuntu 20.04.
I generally want to be able to input various Unicode characters, both in pure console and in X, using the same keystrokes. I know that console has ...
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