Compose key behaviour change

[Daniel Drake]

Daniel Drake wrote:
> At some point over the last year, the behaviour of the compose key on my 
> Gentoo-based X setup changed.
> 
> Previously I could do this:
> Press compose key
> Press shift
> Press # (UK keyboard: shift + # = ~)
> Release #
> Release shift
> Release compose
> Press n
> 
> That would give me the character ñ
> 
> Something changed (not sure what or when) and now the above sequence no 
> longer works. It has to be adjusted so that the compose key is released 
> before pressing any further characters in the sequence:
> 
> Press compose key
> Release compose key
> Press shift
> Press #
> Release #
> Release shift
> Press n
> Release n
> 
> I find that this makes typing considerably harder and I often have to 
> retry 3 or 4 times until I get what I wanted.

Turns out that this is a GTK+ issue, why did it take me months to think 
of that?
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601959

Daniel