[sclug] Euro Symbol the answer. :-(

[Tom Dawes-Gamble]

Hi Alex,

	Yep that fixes it.  :-)  I have found a document that goes someway to
explaining how all the Xkb stuff hangs together.  I'd really like to
find the Xkb solution and then try to get it adopted as a global
solution.  

Really no matter what keyboard you use the compose should be there so
that =e =l ~n  etc provide the ? ? ? charcters.

Having said that I just found the '?' & '?' only work in evolution if I
use ALt_R 4 and Alt_R 3.  :-(

Tom.

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 09:36, lug at assursys.co.uk wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Tom Dawes-Gamble wrote:
> 
> > The answer is there is no solution that I would say is acceptable.
> 
> <panto>
> Oh, yes there is!
> 
> Just add
> 
> keycode 0x74 = Multi_key
> add Mod3 = Multi_key
> 
> to /etc/X11/Xmodmap, restart X and the Right Windows key should  act as I've
> described with RH9+ (I've tested with Fedora). I don't know why this
> behaviour changed with RH9+. Go ask RH. ;-)
> 
> > If you have a UK keyboard then it will work well with RH8.
> > 
> >  Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >  Option      "XkbLayout" "gb"
> > 
> > the right "Windows" Key acting as compose.
> > 
> > If you change to a US keyboard and use
> > 
> >  Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
> >  Option      "XkbLayout" "us_intl"
> > 
> > The <Win> = e gives ? and <Win> = l gives you a ? plus some other
> > characters though not as many as teh UK keyboard.
> > 
> > "Upgrade"(?) to RH9 and you break both keyboards.  Though the 
> > UK keyboard does retain the <Alt_R> 4 for the ? (I think)
> > 
> > What a mess.
> 
> Get compose working, and you'll never look back on the way Windows does it.
> 
> > Tom.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Alex.