On 2004-05-02 23:46:39 +0100 Charles Garcia-Tobin charles@garciatobin.plus.com wrote:
Actually you can, it turns out that simply adding keycode 116=Multi_key turns your right Windows key into the compose. [...]
No, that is not the exactly the same effect as setting the XKB map correctly. Configuring XKB correctly should be the number 1 choice, if at all possible, IMO.
By the way, if you are using a keyboard with lots of extra keys, you may find that your BIOS complains instead of generating keycodes. Updating the BIOS usually(!) fixes it.