On 2022-03-17, 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 use:   
      
       setkxbmap us -option ctrl:swapcaps -option compose:menu   
      
   as a command to start on login in my xfce session.   
      
   The first option swaps ctrl with caps lock, useful to   
   not harm your fingers.   
   The second one maps the 'menu' key on some laptops   
   as the compose key.   
      
   You can use compose:rwin to use the right windows key as   
   your compose key. Then, you just press that keys and then '?'   
   twice to get '¿'.   
      
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