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I use AllChars 5.0.181 on a Windows XP machine to have a compose key (set to the Menu key). It works in most applications (e.g. Menu ^ a produces รข).

However, there are two applications where this doesn't work:

  • In EmacsW32 23.1 (reporting as GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-11-04 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched): when I press Menu ^ a, I get the message <packet> is undefined.

  • In mintty 0.8.2 from Cygwin, Menu ^ a has no effect.

Menu Menu does what Menu would do without AllChars in all applications, even EmacsW32 and mintty.

I'm looking for either a way make AllChars work in Emacs and mintty, or another way to get a compose key (not dead keys) that works in all applications.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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The problem in mintty is that it doesn't process the VK_PACKET virtual key code, which is what AllChars uses to send composed characters to applications. Fixed on svn trunk, for version 0.9.

I'd guess it's the same issue in emacs.

ak2
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