[Gimp-user] .XCompose bug with GIMP?

[Casey Connor <gimp-user-list caseyconnor org>]

Hi --

I frequently use the compose key to enter special characters in text 
fields in GIMP, e.g. ♯ (that's a sharp symbol, not sure if it will make 
it through the mailing list.) Works fine.

I recently set up an .XCompose file to get convenient access to a couple 
more specific symbols (U+1D106 and U+1D107):

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include %L
<Multi_key> <numbersign> <bracketleft> : "𝄆" # measure repeat symbol start
<Multi_key> <numbersign> <bracketright> : "𝄇" # measure repeat symbol end

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It works fine, but not in GIMP.

If I open LibreOffice Writer, I can enter the character as expected. If 
I open GIMP, no character is entered in to the text field.

If I copy the character from LibreOffice to GIMP, it inserts properly in 
to the text field. The font choice doesn't seem to be the issue in GIMP, 
as the selected fonts do seem to have the character in them.

Is this a GIMP bug? Did I read somewhere that .XCompose is interpreted 
per application? If so, is GIMP ignoring it?

Thanks for any insight.

-c