On Unity-based Ubuntu, I could bring up the Character Map quickly from the Text Entry menu:

How might I restore similar functionality under Ubuntu Gnome? I use a lot of Unicode characters, and it wouldn't be practical to set up XCompose sequences for all of them.

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I've just upgraded Ubuntu from 16 to 18, and had the same issue. After installing gucharmap that functionality was restored. (I find the new character map a cute complement, but not a replacement.)

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