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How to make ^ and ` non-dead-keys on Windows 7 with German keyboard layout

In the default German keyboard layout ^ and backtick/forwardtick are deadkeys. However, as a programmer I usually do not need to write áccênts, but the characters itself. Being required to press the ...
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setxkbmap and ~/.XCompose - unable to set up valid dead key ...?

I'm running Debian 20.0.4 under XFCE4. I want to set up the left "Win" key (i.e., LWIN) on my keyboard as a dead key which can be used to output vowels with acute accents and which can be ...
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