[Bug 209097] New: Esperanto (EPO) key board layout does not work at all - I cannot type with it!

[Bas Roufs]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209097

           Summary: Esperanto (EPO) key board layout does not work at all
                    - I cannot type with it!
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kcm_keyboard_layout
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: BasRoufs at gmail.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.28-15-generic
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

At present, I work with Kubuntu 9.04. (Jaunty.) So far, I have been working
with two keyboard lay-outs, activated via SYSTEM SETTINGS > Regional and
Language > Keyboard Layout:
USA - in the 'us' map, with the lay-out variant 'alt.intl.'
RUSSIA - in the 'ru' map, with the lay-out variant 'phonetic'.
Recently, I tried to activate a third lay-out additionally: 
ESPERANTO - in the 'epo' map, with the default lay-out variant. However, when
trying to activate this keyboard lay-out, everything gets stuck - I cannot type
any more at all. Only after switching back to the USA or Russia lay-out,
everything works again properly. 
When trying to DE-activate the RUSSIA keyboard layout and ACTIVATE the
Esperanto keyboard layout, I type cyrillics after activating the Esperanto
keyboard layout.
Only after DE-activating the Esperanto-keyboard and RE-ACTIVATING the Russia
keyboard, everything functions properly again.

Now I share with you a few remarks to complete the picture. 

The alternation between the USA and Russia keyboard lay-outs works smoothly -
one single hit at the left-win key is enough. After activating the Esperanto
keyboard, I can use the same key to alternate to that one. However, I get the
complications described above when doing so.

With respect to the USA Alt. Intl. (alternative international) lay-out - the
following keys are 'dead' keys: ¨, ', `, ~,. Additionally, I activated a
'compose key' attributed to the Right-Win key, via the XKB-settings. I can
easily type a lot of international characters via either one of the 'dead' keys
or via the compose key, including the Esperanto 'supersigno' (^ in characters
like ĝ). But several other typical Esperanto and Slavic characters are still
not being covered. I can produce a character like 'ž'only by means of
copy-pasting or via a complicated code. So far, I did not manage to produce
such a character via either a dead key, or a compose key or some alternative
keyboard lay-out.

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