Xfce, xfce4-terminal, and UTF-8

[George Mitchell]

On 1/1/21 3:12 PM, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports wrote:
> [...]
> .cshrc does not look like the correct place for it anyway. That file is 
> executed multiple times during a session. I'm not sure how it can work 
> for everything else. Also the fact that XFCE has it's own configuration, 
> if it's not configured from there could cause conflicts.
> 
> IMHO a better place would be .xsession if using a display manager or 
> Xinit if using startx.
> 
> If using XFCE as your DE it's own settings tool would be the best place.
> 

Regardless of where I put setxkbmap, xev shows this sequence of events
when I type the compose key (Left Win), ', and e to enter "é":

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 89630, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 89758, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0xff20, Multi_key), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 92574, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 48 (keysym 0x27, apostrophe), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'"
      XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'"
      XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 92750, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 48 (keysym 0x27, apostrophe), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'"
      XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 98926, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 26 (keysym 0x65, e), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (65) "e"
      XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (65) "e"
      XFilterEvent returns: True

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 98926, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 0 (keysym 0xe9, eacute), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
      XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (e9) "�"
      XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
      root 0x50f, subw 0x2e00002, time 99062, (34,51), root:(905,493),
      state 0x10, keycode 26 (keysym 0x65, e), same_screen YES,
      XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (65) "e"
      XFilterEvent returns: False

The same sequence in an xfce4-terminal window shows nothing, but
any following keypresses act normally.

I removed the setxkbmap command from my .cshrc and used the XFCE
keyboard settings to set the compose key to Left Win.  Then I logged
out and back in.  I verified that the keyboard settings dialog still
showed that Left Win was used for the compose key.  But it does not
work at all.  When I type Left Win, ', e in xfce4-terminal (or in
any other client in my session), it shows 'e.  Xev shows the three
keypresses and releases but no e with acute accent.      -- George

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