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Yes, I'm using the US international with dead keys layout. I also used it in Microsoft Windows. Here's a couple of annoying examples:
'+c-> result:ć; expectation:ç'+m-> result:ḿ; expectation:'m(particularly annoying when typing in english; workaround:'+space key+m)'+t-> result: nothing happens; expectation:'t(particularly annoying when typing in english; workaround:'+space key+t)Right Alt + Comma does work for
çso at least I have that going for me. It's still weird to have a different layout for electron apps :/You should be able to type
çthe way I described for all apps, so you could just remove your custom layout. I highly recommend theEnglish (intl., with AltGr dead keys)layout, it's perfect for coding and writing in English. It's a bit more work to write in Portuguese, though, so it took me a while to get used to it, but it's worth it if coding is what you're doing most of the time. In this layout, you must hold AltGr to get the dead keys, otherwise it's a normal English layout.You can also use two layouts — one for English/coding, one for Portuguese — and the keyboard shortcut Super+Space to switch between them. I always have two layouts setup like this, but I never switch anymore because I just learned to love the
English (intl., with AltGr dead keys)layout — and I don't write much Portuguese nowadays.Thank you! It's not exactly what I wanted but at this point I'm just happy to have a solid workaround to my problem that works everywhere.