Custom .XCompose

[Doug]

On 11/11/2017 03:09 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:59:22 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 15:27:02 -0400, Duane Whitty wrote:
>>> On 17-11-11 03:11 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:53:52 -0800, Bob wrote:
>>>>> I have the need to input the extra Swedish characters occassionally
>>>>> and have been using the Alt-nnn method
>>>> What is the "Alt-nnn method"? I suspect you mean "Shift+Ctrl+U
>>>> n..."?
>>>>
>>>>
I think everybody is missing the point. When you create a Compose 
key--usually right alt--
you can then generate all the European modified letters, like ä, Ä. ö Ü 
ß ñ ø µ ç é and so on,
by hitting the Compose key and then two symbols, like " and a, / and u, 
and ~ and n, and
some fractions, like ½. ⅓  ¼  ⅚ and so on, and currency symbols, like £ 
and ¢ and ¥ .
There are quite few others, some obvious, some not. It's more clumsy 
than having, say,
a German keyboard, but if you just need one of these every once in a 
while, it's great,
and you don't have to memorize numerical codes for the symbols, since 
most are
intuitive. (The fractions a alt 1 2 etc. the ß is alt s s )

--doug