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Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it ;-). I have had Compose keys, even labeled as such, on my keyboards since the dark ages. Get a Sun Type 7 Keyboard w/ USB if you want it on your day-to-day PC.
On Mac you can also just enable the character palette, then you can click on it in the topbar and have instant access to all unicode chars which you can then insert. I don't think the compose key would be intuitive for me. I'd rather select from a palette.
I've been using the auto correct functionality since Word 2.0 to do the same thing. Granted, it doesn't work well when you need to type the character in a post on a message board, but 95% of my need is in Word Processing Programs and Spread Sheets. So, 5 minutes of effort turns (c) to © and (s) to § forever.
So, in Ubunu 9.04 you can pick a compose key by going to: System | Preferences | Keyboard | Layout | Layout options | Compose key position
I've been using the auto correct functionality since Word 2.0 to do the same thing. Granted, it doesn't work well when you need to type the character in a post on a message board, but 95% of my need is in Word Processing Programs and Spread Sheets. So, 5 minutes of effort turns (c) to © and (s) to § forever.
When I was on windows I used the Alt+NumPad unicode method.
Anyone know how to set the compose key from standard Kubuntu 9.10?
So, in Ubunu 9.04 you can pick a compose key by going to: System | Preferences | Keyboard | Layout | Layout options | Compose key position
http://sob.apotheon.org/?p=814
. . . and it's not just for Linux.