Cannot enter Unicode characters with Ctrl+Shift+U

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Hi there, new to Budgie but not to Linux.

I often have the need to enter Unicode characters and usually do it by pressing Ctrl + Shift + U and the corresponding Unicode code. Say 00bs for ².

This doesn’t seem to work in Budgie. I have the same unicode-hotkey as all my other (Mate) systems;

$ gsettings get org.freedesktop.ibus.panel.emoji unicode-hotkey
['<Control><Shift>u']

I’m using urxvt on all my systems as the terminal emulator.

When I press Ctrl + Shift + U in urxvt in Budgie the terminal flashes and proceeds with just me typing 00b2 normally whereas in Mate urxvt changes appearance and shows the 00b2 characters as I type them in a grey box.

I seem to have ibus running on Budgie.

Someone else had this problem?

edit: this seem to be the same thing Shortcut to insert a special character - Solus Forum

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Ok, I found the file ~/.xinputrc with a line “run_im xim”. I renamed the file .xinputrc.old, ran im-config at let that set new defaults and save them. Logged out and in again. Now I can type Unicode characters again. Took a few months to figure this out :slight_smile:

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