Comment 27 for bug 493766

Description of problem:

When a "Compose Key" is configured (using xmodmap or System > Preferences > Hardware > Keyboard > Layouts > Layout options > Compose key position) all X applications use it. However, Emacs doesn't. When the compose key is pressed, Emacs complains: "<Multi-key> is undefined".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

emacs-22.2-5.fc9.i386.rpm (from F10 release)
emacs-22.3-1.fc10.i386 (from F10 updates-testing)

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start a Gnome session
2. Configure Right Control as Compose Key using System > Preferences > Hardware > Keyboard > Layouts > Layout options > Compose key position
3. From a command line, start "emacs -q"
4. Open a new, empty buffer.
5. Press the right control key, followed by keys [e] and ['].

Actual results:

Emacs will complain: "<Multi-key> is undefined". The characters "e" and "'" will appear in the buffer.

Expected results:

No complaints, and the character "é" (e with acute accent) in the buffer.

Additional info:

This bug makes it impossible to enter texts that are beyond ASCII. Therefore this bug is actually a show stopper.