[solved] Keys not triggering consistently in my macro mapping -> WinCompose was the evil

WinCompose was responsible for false triggers on my system. I keep the post in case that someone else uses that program. So in the end not a UHK problem!


I use the US International layout, where typing " (as a dead key) followed by vocals will give the umlaut or trema version.

I have mapped the following macro to a layer-key:

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The oneShot layer is defined with oneShot holdLayer fn2. That works in general, but not consistent.

When I hold down the layer-shift key and press my o-key repeatedly the output should be ââââââââââ…, but what I get is something like ΓΆΓΆooooΓΆΓΆo"β€œooβ€β€œoΓΆΓΆoooβ€β€œoooâ… This is not a repeatable pattern, trying it a second time gives: ΓΆooooΓΆΓΆoooβ€β€œoβ€β€œoooβ€β€œooβ€β€œooβ€β€œoΓΆo”"oΓΆoo…

What could be the problem here? I am on Windows 11.

EDIT: The problem seems to be related somehow to the program which is used. Typing in the Win search box works flawlessly, but typing in the browser Notepad2-mod (the name of the program) will output the errors. Typing in Word is in between and gives less faults, but is also not perfect: ΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆooΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆoâââ…

EDIT 2: After I shut down WinCompose (ver 0.9.11), the problem is fixed. That was reproducable, now happily typing ΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆΓΆ right here in the browser. :wink:

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