I'm not sure if it's been asked or stated by you, but which desktop are you
using? If you're new to Debian, perhaps just the default.
I am using XFCE and in the menu:
Applications → Settings → Keyboard
there are three tabs "Behaviour", "Application Shortcuts" and "Layout".
Under the "Layout" tab, I have the option for "Compose key" - this is a drop
down list, and I chose the "Scroll Lock" key as my compose key.
As you can see in the above, I am producing arrows, by pressing:
"Scroll Lock" and then ">"
For my standard US layout, ">" is "Shift + Period".
I don't know this will be useful, but I did not catch that you had checked your
desktop settings.
Good luck,
On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 05:34:59AM +0000, Ajith R wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to Linux and Debian.I am trying to build a custom layout for my
> mother tongue Malayalam (India, Kerala).
> The problem I am trying to tackle:
> One of the Malayalam letters, ങ (U+0D19), is used much more commonly in its
> geminate form which is composed of three unicode charcters ങ ് ങ (U+0D19
> U+0D4D U+0D19) which will yield the geminate form ങ്ങ So, when I type, I
> want the ങ to be replaced with ങ്ങ.The keyboard layout is working fine as far
> as I can see. It does yield the correct letters. What doesn't seem to work is
> the .XCompose mechanism. Please tell me what I am missing.
> Relevant part of my layout file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/in
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> partial alphanumeric_keys
> xkb_symbols "mal_puthuniraA" {
> name[Group1] = "Malayalam (Puthu Nira Aarambham)";
> key.type="FOUR_LEVEL";
> key <AC09> { [ U0D41, U0D19, U0D4E, U0D71] }; // ു MALAYALAM VOWEL SIGN
> U, ങ്ങ MALAYALAM LETTER NGA geminate form, ൎMALAYALAM LETTER DOT REPH, ൱
> MALAYALAM NUMBER ONE HUNDRED include "level3(ralt_switch)"
> };----------------------
> My .XCompose file in my home directory is---------------------include "%L"
> <XK_Shift_L> <U0D19> : "ങ്ങ"
> <U0D19> : "ങ്ങ"
> ങ : "ങ്ങ"---------------------
> I found the name XK_Shift_L in keysymdef.h file. I tried the unicode
> character and its code as well to identify the keypress. I tried with only
> one of the lines as well. XCompose(3) — libx11-doc — Debian buster — Debian
> Manpages was consulted. I have tried restarting after making changes which
> didn't help.
> Am I referring to the keypress correctly? What am I missing?
> Thanks for your help,ajith
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