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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:04:46 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

There is no "Compose" key on the keyboard I'm using to type this.

Remember, you can assign your own keys on *nix GUIs.

I use Caps Lock for this purpose.

I've repurposed the bottom row "menu" key on my keyboard,
since the Mate window manager I use really doesn't require it.

People who use non-English languages typically have keyboards with
accented letters and so forth.

As I have mentioned before, the idea that only “non-English languages” needs such symbols demonstrates a certain ... naïveté.

I like using compose - > to produce "→" and compose . . for "…"
even when I'm writing English.
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