Custom .XCompose

[Liam Proven]

On 12 November 2017 at 07:18, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:

> Press the Alt key and enter three numbers on the numeric key pad and then
> release the Alt key.
>
>  Å      Alt-143
>  å      Alt-134
>  Ä      Alt-142
>  ä      Alt-132
>  Ö      Alt-153
>  ö      Alt-148
>
> Ubuntu is not my primary OS yet, it is OS/2.  This works using Windows and
> OS/2.  I just tried that on Ubuntu and it does not seem to work.  All the more
> reason to get a compose key configured.

I have recently been trying to re-install OS/2 (eComStation) on an old
machine that's now spare. An actual IBM. I can't get it working. I'd
forgotten how agonising OS/2 installation was.

The alt + numeric keypad method is fine, and ~30 years ago, I used it
to get pound signs on machines which lacked UK regionalisation. But
it's horrible to use -- you have to memorise large parts of the ANSI
character set, by number! It is the opposite of user friendly. That's
why, after working with DEC VAX computers in the early 1990s, I
learned about Compose keys and switched. If you had the DEC Pathworks
network client for Windows 3, it came with a Compose key utility. I
got used to it, but you were not allowed to copy it and use it
elsewhere. It also didn't work on Windows NT 3.

This program was developed at my suggestion:

http://www.accentcomposer.com/



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