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Dead keys used to work as they should until months ago but since whatever update of my debian/gnome/whatever I fail to both type ñ and to find a solution. I live in Viña, Chile, so it's not so uncommon that I need this :( Typing ´ and e is é as it should. Typing altGr and S gives me Ş as it should but typing altGr and n gives ~n and not ñ as it should. It worked before and I can't find any setting and neither can I believe this is not a huge issue to others.

My keyboard layout is "German". gnome-control-center -> Keyboard has very limited settings. Typing (Repeat Keys and Cursor Blinking) and Shortcuts. There is nothing on 3rd level key as suggested by terdon.

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Check out the Compose Key, configurable in many systems. The default key combination is Compose~n

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I don't use Gnome but I had a look at gnome-control-center and it looks like this is yet another useful function that the Gnome developers in their infinite wisdom decided to do away with.

It looks like you need to go to "Region and Language" => "Input Sources" and there, you add Spanish. Don't ask me why a keyboard layout (or a language) is considered an "Input Source". Anyway, once you've done so, you should be able to switch layouts with Super + Space.

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