Recent convert from Windows here, and for the most part everything has been smooth, but I’ve run into a brick wall with this one.
I write a lot and often like to use non-standard characters. On Windows I was using AutoHotKey to convert e.g. a ctrl-shift-hyphen into an em dash (—) or ctrl-e to type an é.
I haven’t been able to find any good way to do this on Mint thus far. AutoHotKey doesn’t seem to work, and the built-in Keyboard Shortcuts interface is incredibly clunky and slow (i.e. pasting the character maybe 2/3rds of the time, with noticeable delay).
I’d really like to be able to just seamlessly hit a hotkey and type a character like —/é. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? Thanks.
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Have you tried setting up the compose key?
It seems like it can do the em dash and any other special characters you want:
A compose key is a great option. You can also use something like Kanata to make a custom layout that’s the same as your normal one, but with extra characters on the AltGr layer.
While not as powerful (i just miss Autohotkey) xdotool is a good alternative for ahk. Create your script with it and use a hotkey to run it. Like:
xdotool type "é"