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Re: US keyboard and European Accents



Reply to note from Kari Eveli <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:15:08 +0200

Kari,

> In short, you set up WinCompose normally and replace its .XCompose
> file with the AccentCompose .XCompose file

Thanks very much for the additional information. I have it working now. I had a very hard time
finding the Wincompose user interface. When I first ran wincompose.exe, I expected a GUI interface
to open on the desktop, but no. Your user manual refers to a taskbar icon, but a Wincompose icon did
not appear on my taskbar. Finally, after scratching my head for several hours, I thought to look in
the system tray, the palette of tiny icons that pops up when you click on the "show hidden
icons" caret in the taskbar. In the meantime, I was mystified why I could no longer Alt-Tab
between windows. Google sent me down a rabbit hole of reasons why this might happen and how to fix
it, but none mentioned Wincompose and the fact that it usurps the right-Alt key as its default
"compose" key.

I understand that Wincompose is well-regarded, but it sorely needs a simple quick-start instruction:
"Launch the program and right-click on the Wincompose icon in the system tray." Otherwise,
your instructions were helpful -- especially the direction to look for the .XCompose file in the
%USERPROFILE% directory and replace it with yours.

Anyway, your AccentCompose system looks very promising and I will look forward to exploring it!

-- 
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxxxx