From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:56:26 +0000, James H. Markowitz wrote:   
      
   > I occasionally have to use the Spanish inverted question mark in my   
   > emails. In order to be able to do that with my US keyboard in my   
   > Slackware 15.0 Xfce desktop, I have an .xmodmaprc file in my home   
   > directory containing the following line:   
   >   
   > 	keycode 134 = Multi_key   
   >   
   > which defines the right Windows key (between Alt and the other Windows-   
   > like key) to be the Compose key.   
   >   
   > After invoking   
   >   
   > 	$ xmodmap ~/.xmodmaprc   
   >   
   > from a terminal, in 14.2 I was able to obtain the inverted question mark   
   > as follows:   
   >   
   > 	1) Press and release the Compose key.   
   > 	2) Press and release '?' - i.e. SHIFT and ? at the same time. 3)   
   Press   
   > 	and release '?'.   
   >   
   > This does not seem to work under 15.0 any longer - when I try it I get   
   >   
   > 	������   
   >   
   > This seems to be so everywhere: terminal emulator, Thunderbird, browser,   
   > etc.   
   >   
   > 	Anybody know how to get, under 15.0, the behavior I used to get   
   > under 14.2?   
      
   I don't use spanish letters myself, but during the years I have used   
   xmodmap with a swedish keyboard.   
      
   Defining the Multi_key in itself will not be enough to get special   
   characters. You will also have to use xmodmap to tell how some key should   
   be modified with the Multi_key.   
      
   The command   
      
   xmodmap -pke | grep Multi_   
      
   gives the following output on my system:   
      
   keycode 134 = Multi_key Multi_key Multi_key Multi_key   
      
   and the command   
      
   xmodmap -pke | grep -i quest   
      
   gives the following output on my system:   
      
   keycode  20 = plus question plus question backslash questiondown backslash   
      
   My guess is that the output from the latest command on your working 14.2   
   system is what you want to achive on your 15.0 system.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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