Re: How to get rounded bullet list character

* 'Guyzmo' via vim_use <vim_use@googlegroups.com> [160219 10:10]:
> or you can directly use the digraph: `<C-k>Sb` which outputs: `∙`. From
> `:he digraph`:
>
> ∙ Sb 2219 8729 BULLET OPERATOR
>
> or you could use the compose key feature (using Xorg or some hacks on
> OSX/Windows) to use one of your modifier keys to behave like <C-k> but
> throughout your system.

On my system (Debian stretch) with locale en_US.UTF-8, Compose .= gives
the 0x2022 bullet (in the Unicode General Punctuation section; 2219 is
in the Mathematical Operators section). The fact that the vim digraph
uses a different bullet is obviously a historical artifact. Perhaps .=
could be added to the digraph table to match the X Compose sequence
(i.e. with 2022 rather than 2219).

> http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/compose.htm

On Debian, the correct place to set your compose key is in
/etc/default/keyboard. It will then work in a text console (e.g.
Alt-Ctrl-F1) as well as in X. Add a line like:

XKBOPTIONS="compose:rwin"

Editing xorg.conf, as suggested in the above page, may be necessary on
systems that don't have the equivalent of the Debian console-setup
package, but then it won't work in a text console.

> Since I have that, I'm having a lot of fun featuring any text I type
> with unicode characters like: →, ⇒, •, ☺, ① ② …, — or even the
> non-secable space ` `. I've also added a few ones just for the fun:
> 🍻 , 🐦 or 🖕 :-)

Where do you get a list of Compose sequences? The above page is
out-of-date (and doesn't have any indication of when it was written :-P)
so it's suggestion of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/... is wrong. On my system, it
is in /usr/share/X11/locale/..., but the Compose file for my locale only
has a few entries, and there are many more combinations that work. I
haven't found any way to get the complete list of combinations.

Thanks...Marvin

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