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Kees Cook
Asked: 2011-04-14 11:43:32 +0800 CST

Where can I find the full list of Compose combinations for my locale?

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After enabling my Compose key, I want to find the list of all the key combinations I can use to create special characters. Where is the full list that my system is using when parsing the keys typed after the Compose key?

I know about things like ë(e"), °(oo), and ‽(!?), but there are surely many more. Everything I've found online seems out of date or incomplete. I would expect the full list to be locale-specific too.

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  1. Best Answer

    The full list of key combinations is available on the local filesystem here:

    /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose

    Everything that starts with <Multi_key> is a Compose key combination.

    You'll find a lot of multi-number combinations producing stuff like:

    • 34 as ¾
    • (10) as ⑩

    And there are some fun (nearly easter egg) things in there too, including:

    • :) as ☺
    • <3 as ♥
    • CCCP as ☭

    etc...

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  2. This answer adapted from Adapted from How to list all currently available compose key combinations?

    less "/usr/share/X11/locale/$(grep -m1 "${LANG%.*}.UTF-8\$" /usr/share/X11/locale/locale.dir | cut -d/ -f1)/Compose"
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