Description of problem: My system uses GNOME 3.6, pt_BR.utf8 locale and Portuguese (Brasil) keyboard layout. The locale and keyboard settings were made using the gnome control center. With this setup Jabref ignores dead keys, while they worked in F16. Jabref is a Java (Swing) application, I suspect this problem affects other Java programs as well. I'm assuming this is related to the GNOME and ibus integration. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): jabref-2.8-4.fc18.noarch java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.0.fc18.x86_64 ibus-1.5.1-2.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Deterministic
I don't know how to open a input text with jabref. I chose [File] -> [New database].
Sorry, after choosing [File] -> [New database], select [BibTeX] -> [New entry], pick [Article]. After that you can type. If you want to reproduce this bug but and don't have a Brazilian keyboard lying around, try the "English (US, international with dead keys)" layout.
I can show acute e with jabref. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 918740 ***