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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-12-20 11:24:15 -0500 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-12-20 11:24:15 -0500 |
| commit | 39f4d25762b9c57f7350c8e5a23be88549b9d2df (patch) | |
| tree | 0527fbb58d65a6303cb75da65fd29a73c786a5ee /docs/editors | |
| parent | b43c7a1acc5e3989a86098c7c566e85404c40ae5 (diff) | |
Add instructions for enabling a compose key
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/editors/index.html | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/editors/index.html b/docs/editors/index.html index a8f680fc..dca71f04 100644 --- a/docs/editors/index.html +++ b/docs/editors/index.html @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ <pre><span class='Value'>$</span> <span class='Value'>setxkbmap</span> <span class='Function'>-</span><span class='Value'>layout</span> <span class='Value'>us</span><span class='Separator'>,</span><span class='Value'>bqn</span> <span class='Function'>-</span><span class='Value'>option</span> <span class='Value'>grp:switch</span> </pre> <p>replacing <code><span class='Value'>us</span></code> with your ordinary keyboard layout. <code><span class='Value'>switch</span></code> indicates the right alt key and can be replaced with <code><span class='Value'>lswitch</span></code> for left alt or other codes. The setting will go away on shutdown so you will probably want to configure it to run every time you start up. The way to do this depends on your desktop environment. For further discussion, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_keyboard_extension">Wikipedia</a> or the <a href="https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typing_glyphs_on_Linux">APL Wiki</a>.</p> -<p>Another XKB option, if you have a compose key enabled, is to place <a href="https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/editors/XCompose">XCompose</a> (possibly with adjustments) in <code><span class='Value'>~</span><span class='Function'>/</span><span class='Value'>.</span><span class='Function'>XCompose</span></code>.</p> +<p>Another XKB option is to place <a href="https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/editors/XCompose">XCompose</a> (possibly with adjustments) in <code><span class='Value'>~</span><span class='Function'>/</span><span class='Value'>.</span><span class='Function'>XCompose</span></code> and enable a compose key. This can be done using either OS-specific settings or the following command:</p> +<pre><span class='Value'>$</span> <span class='Value'>setxkbmap</span> <span class='Function'>-</span><span class='Value'>option</span> <span class='Value'>compose:rwin</span> +</pre> <h3 id="windows"><a class="header" href="#windows">Windows</a></h3> <p>Folder <a href="https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/tree/master/editors/autohotkey-win">autohotkey-win</a> contains an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotKey">AutoHotKey</a> script and the generated .exe file. It runs as an ordinary program that recognizes BQN key combinations system-wide, using the right alt key (to change this, replace <code><span class='Function'>RAlt</span></code> in the script and rebuild). Move it to the startup folder if you'd like to have it running all the time. You can right-click its icon in the system tray to disable it temporarily.</p> <p>The <a href="https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/editors/XCompose">XCompose</a> file, although created for XKB, is also usable with <a href="https://github.com/samhocevar/wincompose">WinCompose</a>.</p> |