[As an English typer] Where is this compose key on my keyboard?
(This is a vaguely Socratic answer to the question of why the compose key is not more often used.)
[As an English typer] Where is this compose key on my keyboard?
(This is a vaguely Socratic answer to the question of why the compose key is not more often used.)
As per the wiki article someone else listed — the compose key was available on keyboards back in the 1980s (notably it was invented only 5 years after the Space Cadet keyboard was invented!).
Some DOS applications did have support for it. The reason it wasn't included is baffling, and it's especially baffling to me that other operating systems never adopted it, simply because
is VASTLY more user friendly to type than: which I have met some windows users who memorize that combo for things like the copyright symbol (which is simply:)It’s not mapped to any key by default. A common choice is the right alt key.
I wrote a short guide about it last year: https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2024/07/12/typing-non-english-...
My personal preference is the capslock key. I'm not using it for anything anyway
In Vim it's Ctrl+K. ;)