Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:54:21 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: John W <jwdevel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compose key oddity Message-ID: <4BD6D06D.6010601@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <k2sfa8771801004262139occ18fddetaf7f460acbb07786@mail.gmail.com> References: <k2sfa8771801004262139occ18fddetaf7f460acbb07786@mail.gmail.com>
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on 27/04/2010 07:39 John W said the following: > Hello, > > I'm just learning about the great thing that is the compose key. > For the most part things work fine, but I can't compose the 'ellipsis' > character, for some reason. > Everything looks set up correctly, so I'm curious if someone has tips > on tracking down this particular issue. > > Here's what I did: > > I added this to my .xinitrc: > > setxkbmap -option compose:lwin -option compose:rwin > > And indeed, I can use the windows keys to compose accented characters, etc. > > However, when I press <compose> <period> <period>, I get the "DOT > ABOVE" character (U+02D9). Looks like: ˙ > > Now, when I look inside /usr/local/lib/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose, > the relevant lines are: > > <dead_abovedot> <space> : "˙" abovedot # DOT ABOVE > <dead_abovedot> <dead_abovedot> : "˙" abovedot # DOT ABOVE > # (snip) > <Multi_key> <period> <period> : "…" ellipsis # > HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS > > And so this is where I am stumped. > That last line would indicate to me that I should be able to make an > ellipsis with, for instance, rwin+period+period. Very strange, I get ellipses doing the same. > Yet instead, I get DOT ABOVE. > > My LANG is en_US.UTF-8, so I think I'm looking in the right file. > I don't understand how dead keys are set up, so I don't know if those > other lines are having some effect. > > Is there some other configuration file(s) that are influencing things? ~/.XCompose And also your keyboard layout, of course. Perhaps when you press '.' button you indeed get dead_abovedot symbol in X? What's your keyboard layout? What happens if you just pres <dot> <dot> (without Compose key)? You can also run xev and see what keyboard events get generated on various key presses. > This is FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE, with Xorg 7.4.2; X.Org X Server 1.6.1, in > case that matters. I don't think that this is a FreeBSD-specific issue. There is a specialized xkb mailing list: http://listserv.bat.ru/xkb/List.html -- Andriy Gapon
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