Bug 32229

Summary:	Compose/Multi_key and dead keys do not work
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	David Monniaux <david.monniaux>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	David.Monniaux
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description David Monniaux 2001-09-08 14:13:03 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

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 Ãª (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 = Ã© (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.



(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Stephan Binner 2002-02-17 09:18:59 UTC

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

Comment 2 Médéric Boquien 2008-11-23 15:52:41 UTC

Add the new email of the reporter to the CC list, he cannot access the original one anymore.