Custom .XCompose

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:59:22 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 15:27:02 -0400, Duane Whitty wrote:
>>On 17-11-11 03:11 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:  
>>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:53:52 -0800, Bob wrote:    
>>>> I have the need to input the extra Swedish characters occassionally
>>>> and have been using the Alt-nnn method    
>>> 
>>> What is the "Alt-nnn method"? I suspect you mean "Shift+Ctrl+U
>>> n..."?
>>> 
>>>     
>>I think he means he means that using the number keypad on a keyboard
>>(can't get it to work on my laptop) he would enter the character code
>>for a particular character like Alt+233. I think that gives "e accute"
>>in Latin-8 character set but not sure.  
>
>é is pushing Shift+Ctrl+U and then typing e9 followed by a space or
>return/enter.
>hex e9 is decimal 233
>
>Regarding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89#Key_strokes Alt+n...
>seemingly is a Windows thingy.
>
>The Wiki doesn't mention Linux, however, for Linux use Shift+Ctrl+U and
>after that type the hex unicode.

Or on e.g. a German keyboard...

$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf 
Section "InputClass"
       Identifier "keyboard"
       MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
       Option "XkbLayout" "de"
       #Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
EndSection

...it is first pushing ´ and then pressing e.