Testing on Ubuntu 12.10, and with hints from an answer to solve a similar
problem in KDE[1],
it seems that the easiest way to get Shift+AltGr to work as the Compose key is
to:
Go into Keyboard Layout Option,
expand "Key to choose 3rd level",
and select "Right Alt, Shift+Right Alt key is Multi_Key"
After that, everything works correctly for me:
Shift+AltGr as compose key
AltGr chooses 3rd level
AltGr+Shift chooses 4th level
Hope this works for others too! Perhaps the Wiki page at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey could be updated to be more
explicit. I do wonder though: did some Xorg default changed in an Lucid
update?
Footnote:
[1]
http://superuser.com/questions/200724/xorg-compose-key-without-losing-valuable-key-bypass-mode
You do not have to edit the configuration file.
That setting is located in KDE 4.8.4 under “Keyboard” → “Advanced”
→ “Key for changing into the third keyboard level”
→ “Right Alt key, Shift + right Alt key is Multi key”.
That is why it survives an update via the GUI. (I have translated the
German labels, so the English ones may vary.)
** Description changed:
- Using the en-GB layout with all the Options set to default, Shift+AltGr
- (but note *not* AltGr+Shift) used to work as the Compose key.
+ Using the en-GB layout with all the Options set to default, Shift + Alt
+ Gr (but note *not* Alt Gr + Shift) used to work as the Compose key.
In latest lucid it does nothing. This has been happening sporadically
over the last few release cycles.
It was working properly for me until today, when I installed 6 days'
worth of updates.
** Summary changed:
- Shift + AltGr no longer works as the Compose key
+ Shift + Alt Gr no longer works as the Compose key
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