Problems entering “ß” on macOS with internation US-layout
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nielskob · 2022-11-15 08:00

I started using emacs (doom; evil-mode enabled) on macOS and I am
using the international US-layout. When I write German I can usually
type “option-s” to get an “ß”. I emacs “option-s” becomes “meta-s” and
therefore I have a problem.

The only way I found so far is typing ‘c-x 8 “ s’ which is really
cumbersome. Is there some better way I could utilize?

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mshkrebtan · 2022-11-15 09:50

I’m using the German input method:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Select-
Input-Method.html.

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blue1_ · 2022-11-15 10:08

You can set the right alt key to work as AltGr. The variable is called
ns-right-option-modifier

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centzon400 · 2022-11-15 11:54

`AltGr+s+s` in `~/.XCompose` ?

`<Multi_key> <s> <s>                    : "ß"   ssharp # LATIN SMALL
LETTER SHARP S`

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nielskob · 2022-11-15 17:49

I don’t want to do that because I want special characters at their
cozy places in the US-layout

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nielskob · 2022-11-15 17:49

Thanks. I’ll have a look at that

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nielskob · 2022-11-15 17:50

.XCompose when I am not using X but Aqua (is that still the name of
the DE from Apple)?

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ftrx · 2022-11-15 20:48

Since I do not know OSX I can't answer BUT a still cumbersome though
easier way might be using abbrev or aas like


    (use-package aas
      :hook (LaTeX-mode . aas-activate-for-major-mode)
      :hook (org-mode . aas-activate-for-major-mode)
      :config
      (aas-set-snippets 'text-mode
        ;; expand unconditionally
        ";ss" "β"
        "/o" "ø"
        "/O" "Ø"
        ";->" "→")

The issue is that you have to type `;ss` to get `β` or have ALL `ss`
replaced by `β` while typing witch might be ok in German but not in
other languages...

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nielskob · 2022-11-15 21:54

That sounds like a good solution as well. I can use ;ss — we have ss
as well in the language