Bug 388448

Summary:	Alt-code input of characters causes crash
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Mike Bourke <composermike>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kare.sars, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.08
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Mike Bourke 2018-01-02 08:56:53 UTC

It's routine for writers to input characters such as the degrees sign using ALT plus a numeric code (ALT-0176) for the degrees sign (°). Attempting to do so in Kate causes the cursor to show as "busy" and Windows then reports that Kate has stopped working. Other Word Processors on this computer do not experience this error, so it's a Kate problem.

Comment 1 Kåre Särs 2018-01-05 13:42:24 UTC

I'm using the latest installer from https://kate-editor.org/get-it/ (17.08.1)
and with this one I can not reproduce the problem.

Can you try if you can reproduce with 17.08.1?

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2018-01-17 20:07:45 UTC

If you can provide the information requested in comment #1, please add it.

Comment 3 Mike Bourke 2018-01-18 18:13:11 UTC

Have downloaded the latest build (took more than an hour despite an ADSL2+ connection getting 7.8MB/) and can verify that the problem is gone. Thanks :)

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2018-01-18 18:13:55 UTC

Great, glad to hear it!