On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 15:12:17 (-0400), Doug wrote: > On 09/13/2016 01:07 AM, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Doug wrote: > > > >>On 09/11/2016 11:47 PM, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >>>On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, david...@freevolt.org wrote: > >>> > >>>>And if I wanted that behavior all the time, I would edit the file > >>>>/etc/default/keyboard, adding compose:rwin to the comma-separated list > >>>>of pairs in XKBOPTIONS. > >>> > >>>Of course, editing that file will change the default system-wide, for > >>>everybody. Even, erm, Mark! (...if running Ubuntu.) > >>> > >>>Maybe that is not what you want. > >>> > >>> > >>It looks like your code sets up the right Win key to be Compose, > >>I don't know why it would bother anyone using the machine. It > >>wouldn't stay that way > >>if you rebooted into Windows, and the key does nothing at all > >>(that I know of) in Linux. > > > >I see your point. That particular change is not going to surprise > >anyone. It won't turn an expected character key into an unexpected > >dead key, and then keep some other user from entering their password, > >quotation marks, etc. > > > >In other words, no fun at all. > > > >>As it happens, I have an old IBM model M keyboard with no > >>Windows keys, so I use the right alt key. Also, PCLOS has an > >>option in the keyboard setup to choose a Compose key. Are you > >>sure that Debian doesn't > >>have that capability built in, somewhere? > > > >No, I am certainly not certain about that. And I imagine there are > >desktop-environment-specific ways of configuring keyboard default > >preferences like this, and doing so per-user. It will be interesting > >to see if someone who uses the OP's DE suggests one. > > > >In the meantime there is also this: > > > > # dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuation > > > >It asks many questions. One of the questions it eventually asks is > >about your compose key--whether you want one, which key you want it to > >be, etc. > > > >It edits /etc/default/keyboard to conform to your answers. So the same > >caveat about "system-wide changes, hope everyone will be equally > >thrilled" applies. A backup of the file you started with, before you > >made changes, could be convenient to have. > > > >>(I happen to be a big fan of Compose, because even if you don't > >>write a European language, > > > >Aha, a Brexit joke. Good one. > > > >>it does other useful things—like that m-dash I just wrote. > > > >Mastery of sarcasm: Check. > > > >>And ½, ⅓, ⅜, ©, 75°, µF, 17¢, and others.) > > > >I see recognisable glyphs for five out of seven of those. My > >environment does not support the other two. > > > >So I know what they are not, but I don't know what they are. Very > >mysterious. Could be IPA symbols. Could be a happy face next to a > >clover/club symbol. I may never know. > Don't know what you are not seeing. Here's what I wrote—and what I do see— > > one-half, one-third, three-eighths, copyright symbol, degree sign > after 75, Greek letter mu meaning micro before F (for Farads), cent > sign after17.
Oh good, someone who uses these! Can you help me with how you use the last of these characters: ⅓ ⅔ ⅕ ⅖ ⅗ ⅘ ⅙ ⅚ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ⅟ It doesn't say it's a combining character and I can't find any denominators anyway to go with it. (For those people using fonts having qualities other than a wide repertoire, they're the thirds, fifths, sixths and eighths followed by a solitary 1/ numerator.) Cheers, David.
