Problem with mapping a key to multiple characters (Unicode + diacritic symbol)

[Ilya Anfimov]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 03:04:17PM +0100, Pierre-Luc Angles wrote:
> Dear Ilya, dear all,
> 
> Thanks again for this important remark.
> 
> My ~/.XCompose file is then the following:
> 

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> 
> key <AE01>	{ [        ampersand,                1,        	 i_breve_below,
> 			      U032F ] };
> 
> and afterwards i a second time with
> 
> key <AE01>	{ [        ampersand,                1,        	   U100050F5, 			
> U032F ] };

 Well,  U100050F5 shouldn't work at all, as there is a maximum of
U10FFFF for unicode keysyms. You have to type 0x100050F5  if  you
want direct a number.
 i_breve_below,  however,  should.  But I had read your next mes-
sage, and it works, so it is OK.

> 
> The keyboard is working but the i_breve_below or U100050F5 is not working (I
> still have this xev when I type on the ampersand key + the AltGr modifier:
> 
> KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x4e00001,
>     root 0x168, subw 0x0, time 2120434, (-409,14), root:(142,282),
>     state 0x4090, keycode 10 (keysym 0xb9, onesuperior), same_screen YES,
>     XKeysymToKeycode returns keycode: 49
>     XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c2 b9) "??"
>     XFilterEvent returns: False
> 
> I do not see where the problem is now...
> 
> It could be helpful if some one has a key.
> 
> Thanks again and sorry for bothering you with that.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Pierre-Luc
> 
> Le 13/03/2019 ?? 11:56, Ilya Anfimov a ??crit :
> >   (Well,  I'm suspecting that I shouldn't disorient your work with
> > that comment about numerology and last numbers).
> > 
> >   I'd better take something like 0x10005001 - 0x100050FF
> > 
> >   Also, 8-bit was about character names -- your  fancy
> > i without dot  and  c with caron, better spell keysyms
> > with it like i_without_dot_ring_above and c_with_caron_dot_below,
> > and not include  unicode symbols with values over 0x7F
> > in keysym names.
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