Linux 'compose' key sequence extensions

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Published on 2009-12-25T15:10:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 19:33 UTC
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Compose key is a great way way to write all these ©–®—… stuff. It's really MUCH more handy than the windows "alt+0169" method.

Is there a way to define additional sequences? E.g. I'd like to have "Compose+-->" result in "?"

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