<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Chris G <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:38:28AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:17:55 +0000 > Chris G <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 08:03:24AM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:06:06 +0000 > > > Chris G <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > Where is the 'proper' place to set the compose key in xubuntu 9.10? > > > > > > > > I already have XKBOPTIONS="compose:rwin" in /etc/default/console-setup > > > > but that only sets it for the alternate consoles. Where should I set > > > > XkbOptions (or whatever) so that I have a compose key in X? > > > > > > > > Should it still be set in xorg.conf? Surely there should be a more > > > > user friendly way of doing it. > > > > > > > > > > That should be available automatically. When I install Xubuntu, I > > > choose the keyboard layout as alternate international US. That makes > > > the right-alt key the compose key. It sets it in /etc/default. When I > > > am in X, the right and left shift keys do not allow the shifted keys > > > without hitting space, since they are international keys. If I type a > > > double quote, and do not hit space, it appears over the next letter, as > > > in ä. This makes the compose key less useful, since it is automatic. I > > > did have to learn to hit the space bar to keep from using all the > > > internation letters, though. > > > > > I don't quite follow what you're saying. > > > > Are you saying that when you hit the shift key then nothing appears > > until you hit space? That doesn't work for me, when I hit SHIFT plus > > 2 I just get a ". What do you do when you want to type a " followed > > by some text? E.g. something "in quotes"? > > > > Okay, on my keyboard, " is above ' . When I hit ' nothing prints until > I hit space or another key. The same thing happens when I hit SHIFT ' . > Without hitting spacebar, I get an international character the same way > I would if I used the compose key. If I hit the spacebar, I get the > actual key instead. > </div></div>That would drive me crazy as I think I type things like "elite" or 'awful' far more frequently than I type ë or á. </blockquote><div> As I replied to Charlie, setting it to USA International (AltGr dead keys) provides a much more bearable solution. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- Chris Green </blockquote></div> -- Vincent