On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 10:21:35 AM UTC+5:30, Larry Hudson wrote: > On 03/09/2016 11:54 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > [...] > > In between these two extremes we have many possibilities > > - ibus/gchar etc > > - compose key > > - alternate keyboard layouts > > > > Using all these levels judiciously seems to me a good idea... > > > FWIW -- in Mint Linux you can select the compose key with the following: > > Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts->Options->Position of Compose Key > > then check the box(s) you want. > > For those unfamiliar with it, to use it you press your selected compose key > followed by a > sequence of characters (usually 2 but sometimes more). > > A couple examples-- > n~ gives ñ u" gives ü oo gives ° (degree sign) > Here's a cute one: CCCP gives ☭ (hammer & sickle) > > This gives you (relatively) easy access to a large range of 'special' > characters.
Can be more heavily parameterized with this https://github.com/rrthomas/pointless-xcompose [Note the uim install] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
