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# ja Compose Sequence
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# Sequence Definition
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# This file currently has no entries. It appears that a compose file (even
# just an empty one) is required for the appropriate keysyms to work for
# this encoding.
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# <Multi_key> Means <Compose>
# Special Character
# End of Sequence Definition
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