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<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-settings" />
<revision pkgversion="3.30" date="2019-02-08" status="draft"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Petr Kovar</name>
<email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>
<years>2014</years>
</credit>
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<desc>Enable the compose key by default for all users.</desc>
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<title>Enable the compose key</title>
<p>To enable the Compose key and configure a certain key on your keyboard as
the Compose key, set the
<sys>org.gnome.desktop.input-sources.xkb-options</sys> GSettings key. That
way, the setting will be enabled by default for all users on your system.</p>
<steps>
<title>Set the Right Alt key as the Compose key</title>
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<p>Create a <sys>local</sys> database for machine-wide settings in
<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/00-input-sources</file>:</p>
<code>[org/gnome/desktop/input-sources]
# Set the Right Alt key as the Compose key and enable it
xkb-options=['compose:<var>ralt</var>']</code>
<p>If you want to set a different key than Right <key>Alt</key>, replace
<var>ralt</var> with the name of that key as specified in the
<link href="man:xkeyboard-config"><cmd>xkeyboard-config</cmd>(7)</link>
man page, section <em>Position of Compose key</em>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Override the user's setting and prevent the user from changing it in
<file>/etc/dconf/db/local.d/locks/input-sources</file>:</p>
<code># Lock the list of enabled XKB options
/org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options
</code>
</item>
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