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Multi-language input setup

I often have to input diacritics and other characters (more off-Wiki than on), so I have my computer set up to handle these things.

I'm a Linux guy, and prefer Debian. I'm sure there are methods similar to the following for Windows or Mac, but I don't know them. As I live in Japan, I use a Japanese keyboard; most of the keys are the same as on an American keyboard, but some puctuation marks are in different places, and there's a button for switching between Roman and Japanese input. For Japanese input I use kkc with Fcitx.

To input diacritics, I have made my {{Key press|Insert}} key into a {{Key press|Compose}} key—the {{Key press|Compose}} key is common on European keyboards. To do this, I have added the line {{code|keysym Insert {{=}} Multi_key}} to my {{code|~/.xmodmap}} file and run {{code|$ xmodmap ~/.xmodmap}} at startup. Of course, this could be done with any other key on the keyboard I don't use. The {{Key press|Compose}} key makes input of diacritics a snap—for example:

  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|'}} + {{Key press|e}} = é (great for French)
  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|"}} + {{Key press|o}} = ö (great for German)
  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|-}} + {{Key press|a}} = ā (great for Japanese)
  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|a}} + {{Key press|e}} = æ (great for words like encyclopædia, though you won't get away with this on Wikipædia)
  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|-}} + {{Key press|-}} + {{Key press|-}} = — (an emdash—I love these)
  • {{Key press|Compose}} + {{Key press|-}} + {{Key press|-}} + {{Key press|.}} = – (an endash—used on Wikipædia for date ranges: 1899–1943)

I'm always discovering new uses for the {{Key press|Compose}} key. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to support IPA, which I use all the time off-Wiki (and sometimes on-Wiki), I don't know an easy method to input IPA characters, so I guess I'm stuck with copy & paste.

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