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Nice. An alternative is to use a Compose key. I have Caps Lock mapped to Compose, and for example Compose-g-D yields “Δ” (“greek D”) and Compose-<-= yields “≤”, etc.

>>layer8+(OP)
Are you using a custom `.compose` in your home? If so, doesn't it incur delay in other xkb functionalities (loading a custom file from ~)

How do you type ∂ (Unicode: U+2202)?

>>duckte+t4
I use the Compose file for this as well, in addition to configuring a “dead Greek” key for quick access to the Greek αλφαβετ. I even have a few phrases, such as my email address, in there: works everywhere, from my editor to text boxes on websites. There are no delays.

>>duckte+t4
I use WinCompose (on Windows 10) with a custom .XCompose file. I don’t use ∂, but if I would I’d probably bind it to Compose-p-d for “partial differential”. The default bindings are Compose-Compose-p-a-r-t and Compose-*-.-.-d, which isn’t very convenient.

>>layer8+(OP)
On Win10 the quick and dirty solution is to select a character on its own, copy it to the clipboard, then, in your clipboard history, pin that particular selection. Nearly every time you use it you'll have to scroll to the bottom of your clipboard history and then probably back up again a bit, but that's not all that bad.

Of course you HAVE already turned on your Windows 10 clipboard history, RIGHT? ;) https://www.howtogeek.com/671222/how-to-enable-and-use-clipb...

>>leoc+xK
There is an implementation of xcompose for windows. I think it's called 'wincompose' or something like that.

>>moonch+tL
Oh yes, undoubtedly there are more sophisticated fixes. This is just the minimum-effort, stock approach, which should hopefully also be robust and widely compatible.