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  2. QTBUG-53663

qcomposeplatforminputcontext does not support returning multiple keysyms

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      Hi!
      Sorry for my English.

      Qt5's compose is defective by design. It returns only one symbol.

      man 5 Compose says:
      Each compose sequence specifies one or more events and a resulting input sequence, with an optional comment at the end of the line:
      EVENT [EVENT...] : RESULT # COMMENT
      The result specifies a string, keysym, or both, that the X client receives as input when the sequence of events is input:
      "STRING" | keysym | "STRING" keysym

      Many peoples use compose to shortcut text snippets, such as complex commands, parts of code, etc. For example there is part of my ~/.Xresources

      <Multi_key> <z> <s> : "| sort | less"
      
      <Multi_key> <z> <d> : "colordiff -aur %d/%f %D/%F | less"
      
      <Multi_key> <z> <p> : "ps -H -eo user:24,pid,%cpu,cputime,rss,size,nice,stat,start_time,args | less"
      
      <Multi_key> <z> <a> <c> <n> : "getfacl -E -R %s | sed 's|^\\([^#].\\+\\):SRC_NAME:\\(.\\+\\)$|&\\n\\1:DST_NAME:\\2|' | setfacl --restore=-"
      

      But Qt5's compose returns only first symbol. Application based on Qt5 is no longer suitable for such use. Time spent grow dramatically.

      Fix it please.

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