On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Russ Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey has some
> information on the X11 Compose sequence mechanism. I have
> been meaning to prepare something in p9p to generate a config
> that makes the X11 compose do exactly what p9p does (except
> maybe the alt-X for spelling out Unicode by hex). If you make
> one, please post it. mklatinkbd is probably a good start.
Based on information from Anthony Martin, Tony Lainson, and
Kris Maglione (thanks all!), I have added a -x flag to mklatinkbd,
so that you can get the same compose sequences in GTK and QT
programs that you can in Plan 9 programs. Quoting the updated keyboard(7):
X WINDOWS
Under X Windows, both the Alt key and the ``Multi key'' can
begin a compose sequence in a Plan 9 program.
It is also possible to configure X Windows to use the same
keystroke mappings as the Plan 9 programs. First, generate
an XCompose sequence list by using mklatinkbd:
mklatinkbd -x $PLAN9/lib/keyboard >$HOME/.XCompose
Second, configure a ``Multi key'' by running
xmodmap -e 'keysym Super_L = Multi_key'
(The name `Super_L' typically denotes the Windows key on
recent keyboards.)
Third, set these environment variables so that GTK- and QT-
based programs will use the compose sequences:
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
Finally, start a new GTK- or QT-based program:
gnome-terminal &
In that terminal, typing the key sequence `Windows * a'
should be interpreted as the Greek letter `α'.
If using the GNOME Window Manager, put the xmodmap and
export commands into the file $HOME/.gnomerc to run them
automatically at startup.
