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Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key?

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On 09/13/2016 04:40 PM, David Wright wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Dave, I'm not sure, but I don't think you can write a number greater than 8
in this system.  I just tried to create one-ninth, but was unsuccessful.
Perhaps someone smarter than me has an answer.

BTW, there is at least one free Windows app that will give you just 
about the
same system--it's called (surprise!) WinCompose. Google it if you use 
Windows.
I only use Windows for some audio things that Linux kinda bombs on.

--doug

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Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl> - 2016-09-11 08:50 +0200
  Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-09-12 04:40 +0200
    Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-09-12 06:50 +0200
      Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-09-12 20:00 +0200
        Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-09-13 07:10 +0200
          Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-13 09:20 +0200
            Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> - 2016-09-13 12:10 +0200
              Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-13 12:30 +0200
          Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-09-13 21:20 +0200
            Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-13 22:50 +0200
              Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Siard <shiems146@kpnplanet.nl> - 2016-09-14 00:10 +0200
              Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-09-14 01:50 +0200
                Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-14 02:20 +0200
                Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-14 17:20 +0200
            Re: Gnome 3.21: how to define compose key? davidson@freevolt.org - 2016-09-13 23:40 +0200

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