[kde] [Bug 367790] New: ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER and some other (space) chacters cannot be entered in kate and other KDE5 apps

[H. K. via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367790

            Bug ID: 367790
           Summary: ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER and some other (space) chacters
                    cannot be entered in kate and other KDE5 apps
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
               URL: http://askubuntu.com/questions/816434
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: grave
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: iranano at outlook.com

The ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER  character (U+200C) is very useful in arabic-like
languages. However,  if you assin a key to it and type it in a KDE5-base app eg
kate, nothing will be entered. However there is not such problem with gedit and
other non-kde apps.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Switch to Arabic keyboard layout in Kububtu 16.04
2. Press shift+space between any Arabic word in `kate`.
3. Press shift+space between any Arabic word in `gedit`.
4. Compare the results.
5. Copy what you type in gedit and paste it in `kate`. There is no problem when
pasting. Just typing ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER and similar characters is prohibited
in `kate`.

Actual Results:  
Nothing is typed when you press a key assigned for typing ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
in kate and other KDE5-based apps. There is no such problem in `gedit` and
other gnome apps.


there was not such problem in KDE4 in Ubuntu 14.04.

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