CentOS - Dec 2014 - Using a "compose key" on Centos6

Hi all!

I ran into a description of how to set up a compose key for F21 and
decided to see if it would work on  C6.

Well, the right configuration dialog exists, and I can choose a
key to use, but after completion, the compose key doesn't seem to work.

It works like a charm on Centos-7, though. If I select Right Win as
the compose key, typing <compose>ae results in "?" as I expect.

but doing the same thing on Centos-6 gives me an unadorned "ae", not
the ligature, but the individual characters. i.e., it doesn't do
anything helpful.

Since the keyboard setup dialog includes the options to define a
compose key I'm going to assume it's supposed to work, and th at I'm
just overlooking something.

Anybody got any good suggestions?

thanks!

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On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 02:39:36PM -0500, Fred Smith
wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> I ran into a description of how to set up a compose key for F21 and
> decided to see if it would work on  C6.
> 
> Well, the right configuration dialog exists, and I can choose a
> key to use, but after completion, the compose key doesn't seem to work.
> 
> It works like a charm on Centos-7, though. If I select Right Win as
> the compose key, typing <compose>ae results in "?" as I
expect.
> 
> but doing the same thing on Centos-6 gives me an unadorned "ae",
not
> the ligature, but the individual characters. i.e., it doesn't do
> anything helpful.
> 
> Since the keyboard setup dialog includes the options to define a
> compose key I'm going to assume it's supposed to work, and th at
I'm
> just overlooking something.
> 
> Anybody got any good suggestions?
> 
> thanks!
As an added bit of evidence: it works FINE on my Centos-5 box (which is
up to date) at my office.

Anybody got any clues how I can troubleshoot it on my centos-6 system
at home?

thanks!

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