On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:46:03 -0400 Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On 09/13/2016 04:40 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 15:12:17 (-0400), Doug wrote: > >> On 09/13/2016 01:07 AM, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Doug wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 09/11/2016 11:47 PM, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> And if I wanted that behavior all the time, I would edit the file > >>>>>> /etc/default/keyboard, adding compose:rwin to the comma-separated list > >>>>>> of pairs in XKBOPTIONS. > >>>>> Of course, editing that file will change the default system-wide, for > >>>>> everybody. Even, erm, Mark! (...if running Ubuntu.) > >>>>> > >>>>> Maybe that is not what you want. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> It looks like your code sets up the right Win key to be Compose, > >>>> I don't know why it would bother anyone using the machine. It > >>>> wouldn't stay that way > >>>> if you rebooted into Windows, and the key does nothing at all > >>>> (that I know of) in Linux. > >>> I see your point. That particular change is not going to surprise > >>> anyone. It won't turn an expected character key into an unexpected > >>> dead key, and then keep some other user from entering their password, > >>> quotation marks, etc. > >>> > >>> In other words, no fun at all. > >>> > >>>> As it happens, I have an old IBM model M keyboard with no > >>>> Windows keys, so I use the right alt key. Also, PCLOS has an > >>>> option in the keyboard setup to choose a Compose key. Are you > >>>> sure that Debian doesn't > >>>> have that capability built in, somewhere? > >>> No, I am certainly not certain about that. And I imagine there are > >>> desktop-environment-specific ways of configuring keyboard default > >>> preferences like this, and doing so per-user. It will be interesting > >>> to see if someone who uses the OP's DE suggests one. > >>> > >>> In the meantime there is also this: > >>> > >>> # dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuation > >>> > >>> It asks many questions. One of the questions it eventually asks is > >>> about your compose key--whether you want one, which key you want it to > >>> be, etc. > >>> > >>> It edits /etc/default/keyboard to conform to your answers. So the same > >>> caveat about "system-wide changes, hope everyone will be equally > >>> thrilled" applies. A backup of the file you started with, before you > >>> made changes, could be convenient to have. > >>> > >>>> (I happen to be a big fan of Compose, because even if you don't > >>>> write a European language, > >>> Aha, a Brexit joke. Good one. > >>> > >>>> it does other useful things—like that m-dash I just wrote. > >>> Mastery of sarcasm: Check. > >>> > >>>> And ½, ⅓, ⅜, ©, 75°, µF, 17¢, and others.) > >>> I see recognisable glyphs for five out of seven of those. My > >>> environment does not support the other two. > >>> > >>> So I know what they are not, but I don't know what they are. Very > >>> mysterious. Could be IPA symbols. Could be a happy face next to a > >>> clover/club symbol. I may never know. > >> Don't know what you are not seeing. Here's what I wrote—and what I do see— > >> > >> one-half, one-third, three-eighths, copyright symbol, degree sign > >> after 75, Greek letter mu meaning micro before F (for Farads), cent > >> sign after17. > > Oh good, someone who uses these! Can you help me with how you use the > > last of these characters: > > > > ⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ⅟ > > > > It doesn't say it's a combining character and I can't find any > > denominators anyway to go with it. > > > > (For those people using fonts having qualities other than a wide > > repertoire, they're the thirds, fifths, sixths and eighths followed > > by a solitary 1/ numerator.) > > > > Cheers, > > David. > > > > > Dave, I'm not sure, but I don't think you can write a number greater than 8 > in this system. I just tried to create one-ninth, but was unsuccessful. > Perhaps someone smarter than me has an answer. > > BTW, there is at least one free Windows app that will give you just > about the > same system--it's called (surprise!) WinCompose. Google it if you use > Windows. > I only use Windows for some audio things that Linux kinda bombs on. > > --doug > I've been using the right menu key (between R-ALT and R-CTRL) to compose for some years now degree (°): <R-MENU> o o mu (µ): <R-MENU> m u elipsis (…) <R-MENU> . . ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅛ <R-MENU> 1 [2 3 4 5 6 8] copyright (©) <R-MENU o c trademark (™) <R-MENU> t m paragraph (¶) <R-MENU> p ! not equal (≠) <R-MENU> / = circled #24 (㉔) <R-MENU> ( 2 4 ) Spanish letter after 'n' (ñ) <R-MENU> ~ n superscript 0 (⁰) <R-MENU> ^ 0 U with umlaut(?) (ü) <R-MENU> " u em dash (—) <R-MENU> - - - Look in /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose for the definitions. Not all of them work. Some (many?) may require keyboards capable of generating more than ASCII. But there are a lot of common uses (such as European 'diacritics'). These usually require programs that display UTF-8.
