How to hit Compose key twice?

[MikeTheGreat]

According to the README.md "Emoji sequences typically start with two ⎄ Compose hits:"

I'm on Windows 10 and haven't changed the defaults (sp my Compose key is Right-Alt). I'm able to type in other sequences just fine, such as this: ✓

When I tap (press, then release) the right alt key twice and type owl I get: ẘl When I tap (press, then release) the right alt key once and the immediately press-and-hold it while typing owl I get: ẘl

I can't think of another way to 'hit' the compose key twice.

According to WinCompose itself, Compose-Compose-o-w-l should produce an owl:

How does one "start with two ⎄ Compose hits"?

[Gunngg]

you press it once and then press it again

[MikeTheGreat]

Thank you for the reply!

That's what I thought. I just tried it again and it's still not working for me.

I can hold down < RightAlt > and type o-x and get ¤ I cannot get the < RightAlt > < RightAlt > o-w-l thing to work.

This seems like a bug. What information can I provide to help you debug it?

[samhocevar]

In theory, the compose key isn’t supposed to be held down, each key in the sequence needs to be pressed and released. Can you maybe try again and release each key?

[katherinehackworth]

This kind of thing happens to me sometimes. For some of the sequences, there is a shorter one that can complete before the longer one - i.e, I'm guessing that the sequence "[alt][alt]ow" would give you the ẘ

-yep, that's what's happening in this case. There's probably a conflict somewhere between the Xorg and Xcompose sequence lists. Either that, or whoever created the sequences didn't do a perfect job.

[MikeTheGreat]

Sure thing!

Test to confirm that WinCompose is loaded & listening: < hold alt > o x: ¤

(the first time I did something different & a picture/emoji of a..bear? appeared instead)

I tried it again, pressing and releasing after each alt, and each of the following letters: < press and release alt > < press and release alt > o w l: owl

(i.e., I'm seeing the letters owl, not the emoji for the owl)

< press and release alt > < press and release alt > z a p: zap

So I'm not seeing the double-compose key sequences and I'm not seeing the overlapping < alt >ow get turned into ẘ.

(this looks different than what I was experiencing when I first filed this report - maybe I was holding the < right alt > key too long when I posted this? )