On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:41:45 +0200 ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Any hints on how to even start with that hardest part, or what to read > or where to look would be MORE than welcome.
Hi, ropers. I've been reading this thread about altnumd and using alt+000 to enter arbitrary Unicode characters like people did on DOS and Windows. I noticed that nobody mentioned that X11 already has a method for entering arbitrary Unicode characters using pre-defined key sequences. It's called the "Compose" key (aka the Multi_Key in X11 header files). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key PC and Mac keyboards don't provide a physical compose key, but you can remap a key you don't usually use (like Caps Lock or the right-hand ALT or CTRL keys) using setxkbmap(1). Here's the command I use in my ~/.xsession file: setxkbmap -option compose:caps & Hopefully this helps somebody. -- Matthew Graybosch https://matthewgraybosch.com | gopher://asgartech.com:70 xmpp: starbrea...@matthewgraybosch.com "'Out of order'? Even in the future nothing works!"
