I use a custom keyboard map (via xmodmap) to type some decorative UTF8 characters quickly. After upgrading KDE to 15.08, characters typed this way don't show up in some applications at all. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: The following shell script allows to type the "Fallen leaf" character (unicode character 0x1F342) by pressing AltGr+"L": echo "keycode 46 = l L l L U1F342 Lstroke lstroke" > /tmp/.leaf-xmodmap xmodmap /tmp/.leaf-xmodmap rm /tmp/.leafdoc-xmodmap Run it in a console, then press AltGr+L while in different applications (kate, konqueror, konsole) and places (katepart, filepicker, etc) Actual Results: In some applications/kparts, the typed character doesn't show up at all. Most notably, I cannot type the character in a katepart in Kate, but I can type it in a konsolepart in the same Kate window. Expected Results: Character should always appear when typed. I'm using KDE vesion 15.08.1, ,compiled against KDE frameworks 5.14.0 and Qt 5.4.2 (from Debian unstable packages).
Can no longer be reproduced in Kate v16.04.