Discovering the ever so wonderful compose key after so many years (probably because I never needed it). Helps type all those special characters.

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The compose key feature in GNOME allows users to type special characters and symbols like ©, ®, and accented letters by pressing a designated compose key followed by specific character sequences. This functionality is particularly useful for typing European languages on QWERTY keyboards and can be enabled through GNOME's keyboard settings by assigning any key (like Right Ctrl) as the compose key.

I Discovered the Wonderful Compose Key After 15 Years of Using Linux

Just like when I discovered that I don’t have to choose between my German keyboard layout for typing ä,ö,ü and QWERTY where it doesn’t break my fingers to type <code>[ ] { }</code> - I can just use QWERTY altgr intl layouts where Alt+&quot; and u turns into ü :D
E.g. for mac <a href="https://github.com/carjorvaz/macos-us-altgr-intl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/carjorvaz/macos-us-altgr-intl</a>

This is amazing!
I just researched and its also available in other desktop environments, not just GNOME!

Easier to remember than NumPad 0 + digits in Windows

I’ve been using linux since 2019- and I think this is fun,
~but I don’t think I can remember all these compose keys.