Rocket VS WinCompose

In no particular order: Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app 1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app... - Source: Hacker News / 12 days ago

Since I discovered this, I’ve been making major use out of the feature. I add emojis into way more of my messages, blog posts, and other written works than I ever imagined I would. I actually got so accustomed to this means of adding emojis that I installed Rocket — a free app that brings the same emoji searchability to all text boxes and text editors on the computer. It’s a game changer. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

Though, just because I'm that guy, I do recommend using something like https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/ to insert emojis. Makes life way easier. Source: 5 months ago

It really would! I currently use Rocket to provide this functionality, which works great system-wide, but if it were integrated into Raycast natively, that would be so much better. Source: 11 months ago

What's the advantage on this over the OG Rocket? https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/. Source: about 1 year ago

Julia has made symbol input manageable and lets you define infix operators for many of the Unicode symbols that make sense for that. [1] And JuliaMono was designed to support the symbols that Julia does. [2] I generally do quite fine with my Compose Key configuration, though (even on Windows, where I use WinCompose). [3] [1]: https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/unicode-input/ [2]:... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Credit to wincompose's GUI for inspiration, which provides similar functionality on Windows. Source: 10 months ago

Or if you're on Linux or using WinCompose, you can hit Compose + s + o. Source: about 1 year ago

I really like using the idea of the compose key (although I do use digraphs, as mentioned here, once in a while). A compose key will work outside of Vim, as well. On Gnome, you can use Gnome Tweaks. Other DEs will also support this (internet search!). If you are using a plain window manager on Xorg, then read this. If you are on Windows, install Wincompose. MacOS? Who knows! All work the same way. My compose key... Source: about 1 year ago

I have AltGr mapped to WinCompose so it sees some use. Source: about 1 year ago