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5donuts

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[SOLVED]How to pass an option to XkbOptions?

I'm working on setting up the compose key, and have come across the instruction "to make the right Alt key a compose key, pass compose:ralt to XkbOptions."

How do I pass compose:ralt to XkbOptions?  I've looked over this article, but haven't found the answer.

Last edited by 5donuts (2014-11-30 18:53:16)

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ids1024

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Re: [SOLVED]How to pass an option to XkbOptions?

To set it temporarily (for testing), use setxkbmap:

setxkbmap -option compose:ralt

To make the change permanent, create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf and set it there.

Both of these are described in the wiki page you linked to, specifically in the "Setting keyboard layout" section.

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karol

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Re: [SOLVED]How to pass an option to XkbOptions?

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