urxvt and dead keys

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On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:31:30PM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
>
> If XMODIFIERS are set to use some input method, then urxvt will use the input
> method as configured. If the input method doesn't do dead keys, then urxvt
> will not have dead key support either.
>
> So if that is the case, then properly setting (or clearing) XMODIFIERS is the
> solution - urxvt can only go by what it is being told to use.
>
> urxvt has more support for x input methods than xterm or most gui apps
> (which don't normally use x input methods at all). That might explain why
> xterm works - it will not see the input method, and just use the standard
> kexyboard mapping. Likewise other terminals.
>

In leafpad (gui application) I can type in japanese and when I switch to latin
dead keys are functional; the same doesn't work in rxvt-unicode, hence the
dirty hack (I run debian wheezy).

My problem affects every terminal emulator I tried (xterm, urxvt, lxterm) and
in this aspect it differs from OP's one (hence I will stop hijacking his
thread).