Now I have tested a bit more back and forth, and here is a new attempt
to describe the nature of the issue:
Whether Right Alt works as the compose key or not depends mostly on
where in the list of input sources the keyboard layout in effect is
present.
If the layout in effect is the first one in
On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 03:58:40AM -, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Alternate Charters Key to None + Compose key to Right Alt
> -
> $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
> ['lv3:ralt_alt', 'compose:ralt']
> Right Alt a
I concluded that the description was related to the use of the
us+dvorak-alt-intl layout, and not to g-c-c setting incorrect options.
Observations from use of the us+intl layout:
Alternate Characters Key to None
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-o
> And AFAICT gnome-control-center sets the expected XKB options,
> so it's not a g-c-c bug. Maybe an xkeyboard-config bug.
>From my initial bug report:
Setting Alternate Characters Key to None, and moving the Compose Key
setting around between different options (and then back to Right Alt),
the b
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