WinCompose VS Holdkey

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

I used Holdkey for a while because I needed so many special characters. Not sure it's a good solution for em-dashes though. Source: over 2 years ago