Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 132541
Pound key on UK keyboard inserts two chars A�
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:49 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 Description of problem: With a UK keyboard using Fedora Core 2 containing OOo V1.1.1 and also with the OOo V1.1.2 from Fedora Core 3 test 3, pressing the pound key (�, that is, shift-3) to insert a currency symbol in the Writer and Spread sheet actuall inserts 2 characters instead of 1. The first char is a capital A with a hat on it (circumflex). The second is the desired pound character (shift-3). Obviously, only one char should be generated. This is entirely reproduceable in both versions of OOo. Have only tested it on FC2, though. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): openoffice-1.1.2 all builds How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start OOo 2. Press shift-3 3. Watch A(+hat)� appear Actual Results: 2 chars inserted instead of 1. First char incorrect. Second char correct. Expected Results: Just a pound sign should appear. Additional info:
That's odd, I have that keyboard and I get a single "£" with 1.1.2-3. Admittedly I'm running an up to date FC3test. What's the output of "locale" run from a terminal, and I assume that OOo is the only application that shows this behaviour ?
[root@aldebaran log]# locale LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL= [root@aldebaran log]# This is on FC2 which runs OOo 1.1.1. Yes, OOo, is the only one, but both Writer and Spreadsheet do it. I also have a friend with a fully updated FC2 that has noticed the same problem.
do you guys happen to have any input servers running, like IIIMF (htt_server) or kinput2? There is an issue with double-byte input when running these, which was fixed on later builds of OOo. To test: 1) open a terminal 2) type 'tcsh' 3) type 'setenv XMODIFIERS "@im=none"' 4) type /usr/bin/oowriter And see if that helps... Please report back what the result is. Thanks! DAn
I'm unable to reproduce this bug on openoffice.org-1.1.2-3, either with htt_server running or without. My procedure: 1) set LANG to en_GB.UTF-8 2) from the terminal, "gkb_xmmap uk" 3) /usr/bin/oowriter 4) Type shift-3 5) Get correct Pound sign
Have htt_server running (as out of the box in FC2). None of the others. The 1) open a terminal 2) type 'tcsh' 3) type 'setenv XMODIFIERS "@im=none"' 4) type /usr/bin/oowriter produced the same result (A with a hat followed by a pound sign). That was with openoffice.org-1.1.1-4 on FC2.
When I try: 1) set LANG to en_GB.UTF-8 2) from the terminal, "gkb_xmmap uk" 3) /usr/bin/oowriter 4) Type shift-3 5) Get correct Pound sign I still get the double characters (A-hat pound). Let me know if I can try anything else. BTW. OOo is really looking quite superb nowadays. Just the odd gremlin to contend with. Cheers.:)
This issue should be fixed with OOo 1.1.1-6 and later... Any way you could test with the OOo 1.1.2 in Rawhide?
I tried it with 1.1.2-3 on FC2 and it had the bug. Are saying it has been fixed between 1.1.2-3 and 1.1.2-6?
*** Bug 133486 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
After trying this: 2) type 'tcsh' 3) type 'setenv XMODIFIERS "@im=none"' the signs changed, but øæå doesn't work )=
I have just tried OOo 1.1.2-3 in FC3 and the problem persists, ie the pound key still generates 2 characters, but only under KDE. I also notice thatif I turn off the iiimf service, the problem goes away. Hope this helps some-one ...
1. LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, gkb_xmmap uk 2. when lounching OOo another small window titled "IME Status" appears, which provides input methods that are available for all GTK apps, actually more. 3. Eperiment: zh_CN.UTF-8, gkb_xmmap uk, problem was gone. And even the "IME Status" window did not appear. 4. Same problem with cs_CZ.UTF-8 and czech keyboard 5. only in KDE
As I pointed in out in #138183, might be UTF-8 related problem. en_GB.iso88591 works fine.
Most likely a dupe of Bug 138618, stopping the "iiim" service seems to work. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138618 ***
close as duplicate