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I would like to have ibus work like to corresponding system in OS X.

In order to get an "à" in a text field I want to make these steps:

  1. I press the Compose key
  2. I press the a key
  3. (an "a" appear in the text field with a yellow background)
  4. (a menu of possible accented "a" letters appears)
  5. I press the ` key
  6. (an "à" appears and the yellow background behind the character disappear)
  7. (the menu disappear and I am no longer in the "Composite mode" and can continue writing text)

How can I configure ibus in Precise 12.04 to get this result?

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ibus supports input with plain old XCompose, i.e. without the compose-table method. To configure ibus to work with XCompose follow this answer.

Then you can start using it with no additional movement, the system Compose file have already defined the combinations on both order.

But just in case if you'd want to add something more, you can create a ~/.XCompose file. You can also download a popular XCompose, like this one, and then edit to suit your needs, but watch out for dragons, i.e. the one I linked have the combination you want redefined to input a LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL A. Also note: I don't know out of hands if there's a way to reload the file without logging out/logging in. ibus restart for some reason doesn't work, I reported a bug.

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