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> .i => ι That's more or less what the compose key does (but works everywhere and not only in EMACS). :-) Only that there isn't such combination defined by de
by still_grokking 4y ago
> .i => ι
That's more or less what the compose key does (but works everywhere and not only in EMACS). :-)
Only that there isn't such combination defined by default. But adding it is trivial:
<Multi_key> <i> <i> : "ι" U03B9 # GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA
This line in your ~/.XCompose and you can type "ι" by pressing compose-i-i without changing the whole keyboard layout away form your default.
I'm using the compose key the whole time to input "special symbols"™. It's very intuitive. (Like, for example you get the "™" when pressing compose-t-m).
I have the compose key on the otherwise useless CAPS-LOCK (and CAPS-LOCK on/off by pressing left and right space simultaneously). Both options are only ticking a check-mark away when using Linux.