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I can confirm that wincompose works like a charm with Windows 11. I map it to the Insert key, whose original purpose still evades me.

I also want to say that once you try the Compose way, you begin laughing at the disproportionate efforts so many people have dedicated to the chimera of finding the perfect layout.

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Yep, I use compose key and originally used Italian keyboards, but that was very annoying for coding. I use US keyboard layouts now and compose key.

My only annoyance is that Symless Synergy for some reason doesn't trigger the Compose key on Windows when using it as secondary computer

How do you cope with parentheses being just one key off between US and most European layouts (above 9 and 0 vs. 8 and 9)? I mean, I can retrain my muscle memory to a completely new position, but just one key to the side is unbearable!

It was terrible, that's why I switched to US keyboards. But the biggest problems are shortcuts. All applications assume you have a US keyboard layout, some shortcuts are impossible on the Italian layout.

And even with the Italian layout, I still have no idea how to type an uppercase accented E (È).

With compose key, that's trivial!

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