Compose key in Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Ubuntu 9.04

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2009/8/19 John D Lamb <J.D.Lamb at btinternet.com>:
> On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 20:45 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>> I have four machines: One with Ubuntu 8.10 and the other three with
>> Ubuntu 9.04. Here are some examples of the Compose key output at the
>> Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Ubuntu 8.10:
>> Combination: 9.04 - 8.10
>> Compose c o: © - ǒ
>> Compose o c: © - ©
>> Compose . .: ˙ - …
>>
>> Well, I guess there are more differences, but these will do.
>> Can anyone give me some suggestions WHY this happens?
>
> Have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey#Compose%
> 20key It looks like a change in Gnome means that it sets the compose key
> in a different way. You can change this by editing ~./gnomerc and
> putting in the line
> export GTK_IM_MODULE="xim"
>
> Then when you restart Gnome, it will choose according to your input
> locale—see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Locale for how to identify
> this.
>
>> This makes the Compose key somewhat more useless in Ubuntu 9.04 than
>> in Ubuntu 8.10, I think, if this is a Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Ubuntu 9.04
>> issue, that is.
>
> I haven’t worked out all the details, but this appears closer to 8.04
> and can be configured further.
>
> --
> JDL
>

Thanks.

Johnny Rosenberg

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