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I have noticed Emacs does not produce the desired key unsing the compose key input method when the sequence defining the key to be input is only a single character. The desired key is inserted everywhere else: browser, terminal, gedit, GVim, etc. Composition of two characters—such as <Multi_key> <g> <a> : "α"—does work in Emacs. (I use Arch Linux and in the example I used the syntax of the .XCompose file).

I've tested setting .XCompose as simply:

include "%L"
<Multi_key> <k> : "^"
<Multi_key> <Multi_key> :"^"

The first line does not work on emacs. The second does. I am at loss as to why this happens and I would very much like to dedicate a few letters (giving up on the numerous combinations started by them) to make insertion of certain useful symbols more confortable.

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  • What key is what you're calling <Multi_key>? What do you mean by <g> and <a>? Those look like Emacs function-key names, but I'm guessing you mean something else.
    – Drew
    Commented Jan 22, 2021 at 23:11
  • Oh. I wrote using the syntax of the .XCompose. In my case, Caps Lock is the composition key (called <Multi_key> at .XCompose). If I press it, and then g, and then a, the letter α is inserted.
    – Tera
    Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 11:34
  • Please put all such info in the question itself. Comments can be deleted at any time. Questions need to stand on their own. Thx.
    – Drew
    Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 17:09
  • This comment thread any use?
    – Rusi
    Commented Jan 25, 2021 at 5:35
  • I'll give it a look.
    – Tera
    Commented Jan 26, 2021 at 15:02

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