Custom .XCompose

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> on Sun, 12 Nov 2017
12:18:20 +0100

> On 12 November 2017 at 07:18, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> 
> > Press the Alt key and enter three numbers on the numeric key pad and then
> > release the Alt key.
> >
> >  Å      Alt-143
> >  å      Alt-134
> >  Ä      Alt-142
> >  ä      Alt-132
> >  Ö      Alt-153
> >  ö      Alt-148
> >
> > Ubuntu is not my primary OS yet, it is OS/2.  This works using Windows and
> > OS/2.  I just tried that on Ubuntu and it does not seem to work.  All the more
> > reason to get a compose key configured.
> 
> I have recently been trying to re-install OS/2 (eComStation) on an old
> machine that's now spare. An actual IBM. I can't get it working. I'd
> forgotten how agonising OS/2 installation was.

You might want to try the latest version of OS/2 at arcanoae.com.  There is a
download that is free but if you want support or updates there is a
subscription fee.


> The alt + numeric keypad method is fine, and ~30 years ago, I used it
> to get pound signs on machines which lacked UK regionalisation. But
> it's horrible to use -- you have to memorise large parts of the ANSI
> character set, by number! It is the opposite of user friendly.

I only use a very few special characters so it was not too hard to remember.


> That's
> why, after working with DEC VAX computers in the early 1990s, I
> learned about Compose keys and switched. If you had the DEC Pathworks
> network client for Windows 3, it came with a Compose key utility. I
> got used to it, but you were not allowed to copy it and use it
> elsewhere. It also didn't work on Windows NT 3.
> 
> This program was developed at my suggestion:
> 
> http://www.accentcomposer.com/

-- 
Robert Blair


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