so i have /etc/default/keyboard as
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# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS="compose:lalt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
BACKSPACE="guess"
what have i missed?
edit - i'm guessing there is some /etc/X11 override
edit - i am guessing that left alt being a windows thing, has been preserved somewhat
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$ grep "compose:" /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
compose:ralt Right Alt
compose:lwin Left Win
compose:lwin-altgr 3rd level of Left Win
compose:rwin Right Win
compose:rwin-altgr 3rd level of Right Win
compose:menu Menu
compose:menu-altgr 3rd level of Menu
compose:lctrl Left Ctrl
compose:lctrl-altgr 3rd level of Left Ctrl
compose:rctrl Right Ctrl
compose:rctrl-altgr 3rd level of Right Ctrl
compose:caps Caps Lock
compose:caps-altgr 3rd level of Caps Lock
compose:102 <Less/Greater>
compose:102-altgr 3rd level of <Less/Greater>
compose:paus Pause
compose:prsc PrtSc
compose:sclk Scroll Lock
and the keystrokes you use to get the symbols are found here - /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose
for instance i've added to the file
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<Multi_key> <c> <minus> : "€" EuroSign # EURO SIGN
<Multi_key> <minus> <c> : "€" EuroSign # EURO SIGN