On 5/12/22 03:26, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2022-05-12 at 14:05 +0930, Tim via users wrote:
> You define some key to be your compose key (e.g. the right logo key),
> then you tap it and two character keys, one after another, to compose
> a
> character out of symbols that look like what you want to achieve (or
> are otherwise memorable as hotkeys).
>
> compose, letter e, apostrophe, gives me é
> compose, letter e, carat symbol (shift+6 on my keyboard), gives me ê
> compose, letter c, letter o, gives me ǒ
> compose, leeter o, letter c, gives me ©
> compose, letter o, letter o, gives me the degree symbol °
> compose, letter a, letter e, gives me the æ ligature
Hah! I didn't know that. I've been doing the reverse.
<compose><apostrophe><e> => é, etc
I type quite a lot in Spanish, so I use dead keys for accents, thus:
' a -> á
' e -> é
and so on. For other characters such as ¿ or ¡ I use a combo (Shift-
AltGr-_ and Shift-AltGr-! respectively). I also defined the Scroll Lock
on my keyboard to switch the dead keys on or off, which means I
constantly forget which mode I'm in, but you can't have everything.
For ¡
and ¿ I use <compose><shift><!!> and
<compose><shift><??>
For fractions: <compose><1><2> => ½, etc.
With a bit of trial and error I've found compose key combos for most of
the "enhanced" characters I use. When I can't find what I need I resort
to control shift U followed by a 2, 3, or 4 digit hex unicode, then a
<space> or a <return>. That opens the world of alphabets and glyphs
such as CJK, cyrillic, greek, etc...
:m