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I have found Ctrl+Shift+U+unicode+Enter quite too long for «quoting the things», or
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However, on Windows another OS, it is quite cool: just hold Alt, type your code on a numpad, and it appears.

The question is if it is possible to:

  1. Change the shortcuts to just Alt? If yes, where it can be changed?
  2. Automatically Enter unicode after stop holding the main shortcut?
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    Instead of ENTER you can hit any key (e.g. SPACE). And no need to keep CTRL+SHIFT pressed. I do CTRL-SHIFT-u (release), type unicode, press SPACE. But yes, something simpler would be nice. – PerlDuck Dec 31 '17 at 13:23
  • Yeah, @PerlDuck, I don't hold Ctrl+Shifut either, but not doing this transforming to a more bulky sequence. When on Windows another OS you just release Alt. – WHS Dec 31 '17 at 13:43
  • On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with MATE DE `Ctrl+Shift+2603+Enter` works out the box (U2603 = ☃). On GNOME it may be customized in gnome-tweak I hope. – N0rbert Dec 31 '17 at 14:40
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    @N0rbert: That doesn't address OP's question. They obviously already know *how* to do it and want to *change* how it can be done. – David Foerster Jan 01 '18 at 14:45
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    If you don't find an answer I recommend using the Compose key. It's generally much more intuitive and you don't have to memorize as much. (For example, >> → », .- → ·, uu → ŭ, .. → …, etc.) – Nonny Moose Mar 18 '18 at 01:03
  • Since [ibus 1.5.15](https://github.com/ibus/ibus/issues/1885#issuecomment-284640278) ([this commit](https://github.com/ibus/ibus/commit/5ee3f48049ecf128391da6448ae7e74786bd171b)) shortcut setting is in ibus-setup, on ibus-panel-extension. Also, [as of 1.5.11](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236817/209677), IBus uses dconf, its configuration obtained by: `dconf dump /desktop/ibus/`. Tell me if this works and turn to an answer. BTW, what keyboard/input source you have? Take a look to the keyboard layout, maybe is just there with AltGr+... . – Pablo Bianchi Jun 28 '18 at 08:06
  • @PabloBianchi, I use MS's Ergo Sculpt with mostly English, Russian, or Chinese inputs. I will check your method, thanks in advance! – WHS Sep 25 '18 at 16:05

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