[kde] [Bug 416701] New: Can't use dead keys to insert accents

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416701

            Bug ID: 416701
           Summary: Can't use dead keys to insert accents
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: grave
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: and_s52 at hotmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
Hello, I am using Arch Linux with KDE installed and I can't use any of my dead
accent keys on qt applications.



I use a Portuguese (Portugal) keyboard, which contains a special cedilla key
"ç" which works perfectly well. However the dead "´" and "~" keys dont do
anything in kde applications.

The keyboard layout is correct because non qt applications (such as Chromium
and Code) work perfectly well. This is clearly either a qt or a kde bug and not
a keyboard problem. Though I'm not really sure if its a KDE bug because non KDE
qt apps also suffer the same problem.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Press any accented dead key on any qt application
2. Press the second letter to accent

Example:
1. Key "´" + a

OBSERVED RESULT
Nothing happens

EXPECTED RESULT
The application should receive an accented character. The locales are all setup
correctly though. All applications display accents correctly, they just don't
accept them.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux 5.4.13-arch1-1
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0
Qt Version: 5.14.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I used xev on the Konsole and it detects the key perfectly, the program even
correctly detects the character and knows that it's a dead key. On KDE
settings, the keyboard is correctly setup as a Portuguese keyboard with dead
keys. I know this is a recurrent bug, but all previous closed issues don't
solve anything. Even the arch forums dont solve the problem.

I selected this as grave because it prevents me from using the system
correctly. My language uses accents.

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