How to easily type weird characters on Ubuntu Linux 17.04
To get … type Caps Lock , release and then ..
Well, not now. When you've done the following steps:
1) You need to install gnome-tweak-tool
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
2) Go to the "typing" section
3) Click at "Position of Compose Key"
4) Select a key. The "levels" refer to diffferent combinations of shift, Alt Gr and so on. Caps Lock however is a good choice :)
Now you can type ellipsis with <compose>, then ..
and em dash with <compose> then ---
And so on!
It's a bit hard to find which combinations work. Some of these work: GtkComposeTable - Community Help Wiki
Some words to make me find this blog post easier in the future: keyboard, gnome, keys.