> how do you type an em dash, a mu, an eszett, et c on linux without looking up arcane codes each time? Probably Compose - - -, Compose s s, and Compose m u re

> how do you type an em dash, a mu, an eszett, et c on linux without looking up arcane codes each time? Probably Compose - - -, Compose s s, and Compose m u respectively. Or, if they wanted the Mac layout, they'd run ‘setxkbmap us mac -print | xkbcomp - $DISPLAY’ or tick the equivalent box in their favourite GUI settings. (Option-SHIFT-dash for an em dash, BTW; option-dash is an en dash.) X and Mac keyboard layout systems have similar power; I slightly prefer the Mac one because you can define arbitrary dead keys, but on the other hand X has Compose.