[kxkb] [Bug 410159] New: Dead keys are even deader

[Wolfgang Illmeyer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410159

            Bug ID: 410159
           Summary: Dead keys are even deader
           Product: kxkb
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: wolfgang.illmeyer at gmx.net
  Target Milestone: ---

First: This might be the wrong product. It was the least inappropriate
keyboard-related product I could find.

I made a big system update to my ARCH/KDE linux system on 2019-07-17, which
updated, among others, plasma from 5.16.2 to 5.16.3, and kde-frameworks from
5.59.0 to 5.60.0. After that, the dead keys on my keyboard layout stopped
working. Now, they do nothing at all, as if the keyboard was broken (except for
shift-^, which is not dead IIRC).

I tried to downgrade some packages (kwin, khotkeys, plasma-framework,
plasma-workspace, kglobalaccel, kded, xorg-setkbmap, systemsettings), but it
didn't help.

Funnily enough, in gtk-based software (e.g. Firefox), these keys work just
fine, even in the same session.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Switch to the default german layout in ksystemsettings
2. Open some kde application where you can write text (e.g. kwrite)
3. Press the ^ key and then space
4. Press the the accent key (any keyboard layer you like) and then space

Expected:
Writes "^" and whatever accent you chose in step 4

Actual:
Writes "  " (two spaces)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux Kernel: 5.2.2-arch1-1-ARCH
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.60.0
Qt Version: 5.13.0

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