ref: 5bfaf253d3ea0f0d60eb12b45b0866a79c5ae66b
parent: 46f5ac0cd4703653524a8da46285c632c30bd8aa
author: cinap_lenrek <[email protected]>
date: Thu Oct 17 15:02:50 EDT 2013
keyboard(6): new <compose>x sequence, 21 bit runes.
--- a/sys/man/6/keyboard
+++ b/sys/man/6/keyboard
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
.PP
Characters in Plan 9 are runes (see
.IR utf (6)).
-Any 16-bit rune can be typed using a compose key followed by several
+Any rune can be typed using a compose key followed by several
other keys.
The compose key is also generally near the lower right of the main key area:
the
@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@
key on the Magnum, and either
.B Alt
key on the PC.
-After typing the compose key, type a capital
-.L X
-and exactly four hexadecimal characters (digits and
+After typing the compose key, type a lower case
+.L x
+and up to six hexadecimal characters (digits and
.L a
to
.LR f )
-to type a single rune with the value represented by
-the typed number.
+followed by a semicolon (if the sequence is less
+than six digits long) to type a single rune with the
+value represented by the typed number.
There are shorthands for many characters, comprising
the compose key followed by a two- or three-character sequence.
There are several rules guiding the design of the sequences, as