Today on „¡Mythbusters!", Dan Nicholson wrote:
>
> Sounds like you found the terminal you want, but I just wanted to
> dispell the above myth. In my experience, gtk2 will respect the compose
> button I put in xorg.conf (no AltGr for me). For instance, I sometimes
> have to write Jürg in these emails, and I just did it using my compose
> key that I map with this in xorg.conf:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "MS Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"
> EndSection
>
Wow! You da man! In my case, "compose:rmenu" because AltGr is far
too important for me to relegate to Compose, and my current keyboard
has a 'menu' key next to it, where they used to put 'right windows'
(:rwin if you have that).
I'm still having difficulty with some of the symbols, but the
technique definitely works and I can now type all the Welsh
characters I desire.
> Gtk2 also provides a neat utility if you know the Unicode value of the
> character. Control + Shift + <code>. For instance, ü is Control + Shift
> + <fc>.
>
Useful, but never hit any leading zero doing this unless you like
a spurious '(' in front of the symbol. Works in abiword, but only
if the font supports the glyph (Charis-SIL has just gone down in my
estimation).
So, consider the 'Gtk2-doesn't-respect-Compose' myth set to rights.
Thanks!
ĸen
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