Quick insertion of down quotation marks

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Is there an easy way to input these quotation marks on Linux: „“ ?

On a Mac, there's a relatively easy compose shortcut, but I couldn't find a shortcut for Linux. There doesn't even seem to be a compose key combination, based on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable

Possible duplicate of [Typing guillemets (angle quotes, «») in Russian and English keyboards](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1061647/typing-guillemets-angle-quotes-in-russian-and-english-keyboards) — N0rbert, Dec 16 '18 at 08:24
@N0rbert I'm looking for specific symbols and that question does not address the bottom quotation marks. — Tin Man, Dec 16 '18 at 18:23

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '18 at 23:21

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You can use Compose", for „ and Compose"< for “.

See How can I add a custom compose key sequence? for how to define your own compose sequences.

answered Dec 15 '18 at 23:21

Florian Diesch

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Extra info on what the heck is Compose key would be useful, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ComposeKey – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Dec 15 '18 at 23:31

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '18 at 23:31

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It's easily available in some keyboard layouts, such as German:

AltGr+V => „

or French (alt.):

AltGr+Shift+S => „

If it's not present in the keyboard layout you are using, please see Florian's answer.

answered Dec 15 '18 at 23:31

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

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As I was looking for `«»` shortcuts (which this answer helped find): `«`: `AltGr`+`Z` and `»`: `AltGr`+`X` – AymDev Oct 06 '19 at 10:03

Quick insertion of down quotation marks

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