Unicode Macros do not seem to work

[kanjiTreeGirl]

I have followed the guide on enabling unicode for keyd, and thought the following would work

[ids]
*
[main]
capslock = layer(test)
[test:capslock]
j= 𛁪 
o+p = ~
l = macro(compose o ")

o+p and l work as expected, but whenever I am holding down j all I get is kt8,

The following is my sudo keyd monitor output.

keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	cancel down
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	cancel up
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	k down
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	k up
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	t down
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	t up
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	8 down
keyd virtual keyboard	0fac:0ade	8 up

And, as expected, the following is in my /usr/share/X11/locale/keyd.compose file
<Cancel> <k> <t> <8> : "𛁪"

Thank you in advance

[nsbgn]

This works for me. Are you on Wayland? Does it work if you symlink ~/.XCompose to the provided keyd.compose file?

As an aside, I don't think [test:capslock] is a valid layer name, at least not in the current version of keyd --- capslock is not a modifier.

[kanjiTreeGirl]

Oh no, I'm on X11. It doesnt work after symlinking either :c /

[nsbgn]

Hmm, I can't reproduce this. The emitted keys are correct...

See if you can figure out which Compose file is selected and if that one really has the <Cancel> <k> <t> <8> : "𛁪" line in it. Like, are the permissions on the Compose file wrong? Is your $XCOMPOSEFILE set? See https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/man/man5/Compose.5.xhtml

[kanjiTreeGirl]

Updated eerything and reinstalled, set my ComposeFile and now everything works.
Thanks!

[rvaiya]

Closing, since this has been answered by the indefatigable slakkenhuis ;).