[Konsole-devel] Bug#32229: marked as done (Compose/Multi_key and dead keys do not work) by Stephan Binner <Stephan.Binner at gmx.de>

[Stephan Kulow]

Your message with subj: konsole (and other apps) ignores "dead keys" with RedHat 7.1 + qt 2.3.1

As some of you already assumed, this is a Qt and more specific a RedHat bug:

They applied patch qt-2.3.1-xim-20010617.diff for japanese users to Qt which
breaks dead keys for all other (great RedHat!). Bero says, it is fixed with
KDE 3.0/Qt 3 - the fix for KDE 2.2.2 is to compile Qt from source yourself.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54220
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=27930&threshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=121&mode=thread&cid=3003857

has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Stephan Kulow
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Subject: Compose/Multi_key and dead keys do not work
From: David.Monniaux at ens.fr

Package:           konsole
Version:           KDE 2.2.0 
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: XFree86 4.1.0

In most X applications, including KDE applications and xterm, the following features allow inputting European diacritic signs:
* Certains keysyms are called "dead", and are used as follows: dead_circumflex e gives ê (e with circumflex accent).
* Many symbols can be obtained by the key sequence: Multi_key x y, where x and y are symbols. Example: Multi_key ' e = é (e with acute accent).
On Sun keyboards, Multi_key is bound to the "Compose" key, on PCs to one of the Windows keys.

These features work in all KDE applications, but not in konsole. konsole:
* Treats dead_circumflex as normal circumflex.
* Ignores Compose.



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