Editing Compose key (section)

===Windows===
On Microsoft Windows, a few programs such as [[PuTTY]] provide compose-key support.{{citation-needed|date=May 2023}} To emulate the compose key for all software, keyboard shortcut utilities are often involved. There are also a number of [[open-source license|open-source]] [[Utility software|utilities]] (such as WinCompose,<ref>[https://github.com/SamHocevar/wincompose Compose Key for Windows] – GitHub.</ref> AllChars,<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/ AllChars] – SourceForge.net.</ref> Compose-Keys,<ref>[https://github.com/MrBertie/compose-keys Compose Keys] – GitHub.</ref> or Compose<ref>[https://github.com/p3lim/Compose Compose] – GitHub.</ref>). Installable keyboard layouts (such as KbdEdit<ref>[http://www.kbdedit.com/manual/ex17_compose_key_chained_dead.html KbdEdit – Emulating Compose key using chained dead keys].</ref>) are available that contain a compose key assigned to one of the keys like {{key press|Ctrl}} or {{key press|AltGr}}. They work by using the [[dead key#chained dead keys|dead-key chaining]] feature that is more commonly used to input letters with multiple diacritics. Such keyboard layouts can also be programmed directly in C (the language Windows drivers are written in), compiled using the free-of-charge Windows Driver Kit,<ref>[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11800 Windows Driver Kit Version 7.1.0] – Official Microsoft Download Center.</ref> and packaged using the free-of-charge Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4,<ref>[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102134 Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4] – Official Microsoft Download Center.</ref> compatible up to the latest versions of the OS.