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From: jm@mim... jm@mim...
Subject: problem with compose key on sun keyboard (+ fix)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 08:48:25 +0000

Rob Pike can be suspicious, it's my use of the keyboard that was bugged.
Until today, I used the Compose (on sun) or Alt (on pc) like a Control or
Shift key, keeping it pressed while typing 1 and 2 to get ½, for example.

Nevertheless, if one keeps Compose pressed (on a SLC at least), it repeats
the last typed character.