Xkb Compose:combining_belowdot

[Ruben Porras]

On 15.09.2008 21:47, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ruben Porras, le Mon 15 Sep 2008 21:33:42 +0200, a écrit :
>    
>> I am trying to get some characters with a dot under it (for example ạ).
>> Seeing the compose tables tables I came to the conclusion, that it could
>> be achieved normally with the combination
>>
>> <combining_belowdot>  letter
>>      
>
> Take care with combining_*. These are supposed to be typed _after_ the
> base letter, see some details on
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5107
>
> If you want to type the dot below before the base letter, use
> dead_belowdot.
>    
Thanks, the dead_* variant works well.
>> So, how can I get the combining_belowdot symbol? I read that the symbol
>> that you get depends on the locale, how can I find it out?
>>      
>
> Where did you read that?
> (that shouldn't to my mind)
>    

I read it here

http://osdir.com/ml/xfree86.internationalization/2003-10/msg00008.html

but it is pretty old, so probably it does not work this way anymore.