Compose keys don't work in LyX anymore

[John Coppens]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:27:43 -0400
Paul Rubin <parubin73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Might this be OS-specific? I'm on Linux Mint 22 with Qt 5.15.13 and
> LyX 2.4.1. My compose key combo (right ALT + " + a to get ä)
> continues to work. It displays the accent character (", ~, `) until I
> hit the letter key, at which point the accented character appears.
> This is with both "traditional" encoding (my default) and UTF-8.

Hi Paul.

A couple of days after I posted the original issue, I found that changing
the input method (using a Slackware script called imconfig), from 'none'
to 'ibus', and doing a logout/login cycle, composition started working
again. 

I haven't had the time yet to test the third option (Fcitx5) yet, which
might also work. Over all the years (>25 years) I've been using Linux,
I never touched the IM. I wonder it was originally 'none' or if some
program changed it. Composing has always worked well.

Anyway, if anyone encounters issues with Composing, check 'imconfig'
(which in other distros seems to be called im-config). 'ibus', I
noticed, also shows that the composing is 'underway', first confirming
that the Compose key was pressed, and then each part. And does this in
text and in graphics mode.

Cheers,

John