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Use character composition. You then type those characters buy pressing compose key (I've set it to Caps Lock) and then sequence of characters. Much easier than

by wooque 2y ago

Use character composition. You then type those characters buy pressing compose key (I've set it to Caps Lock) and then sequence of characters. Much easier than switching keyboard layouts, and you can type other non-usual characters like °, µ, € ø = Compose -> / -> o é = Compose -> ' -> e ° = Compose -> o -> o µ = Compose -> m -> u € = Compose -> = -> e https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key#Common_compose_combinations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key#Common_compose_com... https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/plain/nls/en_US.UTF-8/Compose.pre https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/plain/nls/en_US...

agumonkey 2y ago
takes a bit of time but you end up being fast enough without changing keyboard layout, pretty great
WhyNotHugo 2y ago
The Compose approach is extremely handy if you need to type several languages (e.g.: Spanish, German and Pinyin). A wrote a short article on it a while ago: https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2024/07/12/typing-non-english-characters/#compose https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2024/07/12/typing-non-english-... I also keep a handy alias to quickly find how to write new symbols: alias compose='fzf < /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose'
ninalanyon 2y ago
The compose key defined in Linux Mint's own keyboard settings doesn't work in Firefox.