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  • Uhm. What happens when you type ~ followed directly by n? <: Or have you disabled dead keys?
    – SBI
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 18:31
  • @SBI This is what happens: ~n. The characters don't combine automatically when I type them like this.
    – Anderson Green
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 18:32
  • Unless you've modified anything, that isn't the default behaviour. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_keys
    – SBI
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 18:34
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    @SBI On the default US-english keyboard layout, there are no dead keys. You have to switch to the US International keyboard layout or another keyboard layout to enable dead keys. See Ignacio's answer.
    – Darth Android
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 19:08
  • You can get a fully working compose key with WinCompose. (I don’t feel like posting this as an answer, because I’m the author, but honestly it’s pretty good)
    – sam hocevar
    Commented Apr 3, 2014 at 19:42