getting the stupid compose key to work again (gnome-flashback-metacity, upgrade to 16.04)

[Adam Funk]

On 2016-09-19, Tony Arnold wrote:

> Adam,
>
> On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 18:18 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
>> I recently upgraded a machine to 16.04 (a bit late, I know) & I can't
>> get the compose key to work (lwin is my preference, but nothing
>> works).
>> 
>> I've tried dconf-editor, dconf CLI, & finally gsettings; they all say
>> 'compose:lwin', but it still doesn't work.
>> 
>> $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
>> ['compose:lwin']
>> 
>> (I'm using gnome-flashback-metacity, BTW.)
>> 
>> I'd be grateful for any further suggestions.
>
> Try System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts (tab) -> Typing
>
> There you will find the setting for Compose and you can change it
> there.
>
> Works for me. I use Right Alt, personally.

None of those are working for me after the last upgrade.  And (to my
annoyance) lwin isn't available there.