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

[Tony Arnold]

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.

Regards,
Tony.


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