GTK and Qt apps seem to interpret XCompose differently
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. By default, typing something like ^+2 produces ², which I don't want: I want it to be ^2. I found out that to accomplish that, one has to set GTK_IM_MODULE=xim and QT_IM_MODULE=xim to use XIM, and then a custom .XCompose file can be set up in the home directory. In my case, I replaced the old rule
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "²" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
with
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "^2" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
This seems to work fine with GTK apps (like Firefox or Gedit, or Chrome, which I don't think actually uses GTK) but not with QT (I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^.
Earlier, QT_IM_MODULE was not set to xim and QT programs were producing the default ², so clearly .XCompose is being read now; is it possible that QT interprets the rule differently somehow?
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. By default, typing something like ^+2 produces ², which I don't want: I want it to be ^2. I found out that to accomplish that, one has to set GTK_IM_MODULE=xim and QT_IM_MODULE=xim to use XIM, and then a custom .XCompose file can be set up in the home directory. In my case, I replaced the old rule
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "²" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
with
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "^2" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
This seems to work fine with GTK apps (like Firefox or Gedit, or Chrome, which I don't think actually uses GTK) but not with QT (I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^.
Earlier, QT_IM_MODULE was not set to xim and QT programs were producing the default ², so clearly .XCompose is being read now; is it possible that QT interprets the rule differently somehow?
xorg keyboard-layout gtk qt
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In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces^2."?
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
@DKBose No, producing^2would be the intended behavior, but I only get^.
– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed^+2in Kate and got^2not²nor just^. Hence my query.
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. By default, typing something like ^+2 produces ², which I don't want: I want it to be ^2. I found out that to accomplish that, one has to set GTK_IM_MODULE=xim and QT_IM_MODULE=xim to use XIM, and then a custom .XCompose file can be set up in the home directory. In my case, I replaced the old rule
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "²" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
with
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "^2" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
This seems to work fine with GTK apps (like Firefox or Gedit, or Chrome, which I don't think actually uses GTK) but not with QT (I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^.
Earlier, QT_IM_MODULE was not set to xim and QT programs were producing the default ², so clearly .XCompose is being read now; is it possible that QT interprets the rule differently somehow?
xorg keyboard-layout gtk qt
asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. By default, typing something like ^+2 produces ², which I don't want: I want it to be ^2. I found out that to accomplish that, one has to set GTK_IM_MODULE=xim and QT_IM_MODULE=xim to use XIM, and then a custom .XCompose file can be set up in the home directory. In my case, I replaced the old rule
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "²" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
with
<dead_circumflex> <2> : "^2" twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO
This seems to work fine with GTK apps (like Firefox or Gedit, or Chrome, which I don't think actually uses GTK) but not with QT (I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^.
Earlier, QT_IM_MODULE was not set to xim and QT programs were producing the default ², so clearly .XCompose is being read now; is it possible that QT interprets the rule differently somehow?
xorg keyboard-layout gtk qt
xorg keyboard-layout gtk qt
asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
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asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
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asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
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asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
612
asked Dec 5 at 18:35
Javier
612
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This question has an open bounty worth +50
reputation from Javier ending ending at 2018-12-19 12:13:25Z">in 4 days.
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This question has an open bounty worth +50
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In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces^2."?
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
@DKBose No, producing^2would be the intended behavior, but I only get^.
– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed^+2in Kate and got^2not²nor just^. Hence my query.
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11
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In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces^2."?
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
@DKBose No, producing^2would be the intended behavior, but I only get^.
– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed^+2in Kate and got^2not²nor just^. Hence my query.
– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11
In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces
^2."?– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces
^2."?– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
@DKBose No, producing
^2 would be the intended behavior, but I only get ^.– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
@DKBose No, producing
^2 would be the intended behavior, but I only get ^.– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed
^+2 in Kate and got ^2 not ² nor just ^. Hence my query.– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed
^+2 in Kate and got ^2 not ² nor just ^. Hence my query.– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11
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If you don't need the dead key feature of ^ key, you can remap the key to a regular ^ with xmodmap. Check which keycode is assigned to the key using xev and use something like xmodmap -e 'keycode 15 = asciicircum'.
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If you don't need the dead key feature of ^ key, you can remap the key to a regular ^ with xmodmap. Check which keycode is assigned to the key using xev and use something like xmodmap -e 'keycode 15 = asciicircum'.
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In "(I've tested TeXStudio and Mathematica): typing ^+2 just produces ^." shouldn't that be "... just produces
^2."?– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 1:59
@DKBose No, producing
^2would be the intended behavior, but I only get^.– Javier
Dec 6 at 2:03
I have Kubuntu 18.04 and typed
^+2in Kate and got^2not²nor just^. Hence my query.– DK Bose
Dec 6 at 2:11