Thank you so much for the quick response! I switched "Keyboard input method system" to "XIM" as you suggested and now everything works fine.
However, I have a few questions about it. >> That wiki page you referred to was last edited 11 years ago and is obsolete to a large extent. Is it possible to contact someone to ask to update this page? >> Today, on an Ubuntu system, it's normally GTK (not IBus, so I'm closing this bug report) which deals with rules in the ~/.XCompose file. On my Ubuntu 18.04 "Keyboard input method system" gives me options IBus, XIM and none. Is there any known advantage of choosing IBus there? (I am trying to understand why XIM is not a default.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ibus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845332 Title: Compose key does not create strings Status in ibus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: According to manual https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ComposeKey it is possible to define sequences to type characters and strings with Compose key. In Ubuntu 18.04 sequences work for characters but not for strings, line like this: <Multi_key> <b> <t> <w> : "by the way" # Compose b t w seems to be ignored. $ apt-cache policy ibus ibus: Installed: 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 Candidate: 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 Version table: *** 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 500 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.5.17-3ubuntu4 500 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages This problem first reported at Dec 11 '18 and also exists in Kubuntu 18.04 (see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1099947/how-to-use- xcompose-to-produce-snippets). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1845332/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
