If the "Right Alt is Compose" keyboard option is enabled, the right "Alt" key only works as compose key, not as Alt anymore. This is unneccessary, since the two functions work flawlessly even when assigned to the same key. To use a compose sequence, the compose key has to be pressed once, followed by other keys, while the Alt key is typically used only in combinations where Alt has to be pressed together with some other key. On a keyboard without windows keys to assign the compose function to, it would be really nice to have compose and not loose the right Alt key. On my System, I added modifier_map Mod1 { Multi_key }; to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/en_US and it works as desired (not sure if this is the right location, though)
Original reporter e-mail and comments lost in bugzilla disk death. xorg-team archives show: Summary: "Right Alt is compose" keyboard options removes "Alt" modifier Product: xorg Version: 6.8.2 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: * Other AssignedTo: xorg-team at lists.x.org ReportedBy: dustpuppy0001 at yahoo.com If the "Right Alt is Compose" keyboard option is enabled, the right "Alt" key only works as compose key, not as Alt anymore. This is unneccessary, since the two functions work flawlessly even when assigned to the same key. To use a compose sequence, the compose key has to be pressed once, followed by other keys, while the Alt key is typically used only in combinations where Alt has to be pressed together with some other key. On a keyboard without windows keys to assign the compose function to, it would be really nice to have compose and not loose the right Alt key. On my System, I added modifier_map Mod1 { Multi_key }; to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/en_US and it works as desired (not sure if this is the right location, though)
If you add this line to symbols/compose(ralt) - would it work for you?
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No reply. It seems the original author is lost.
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