Bug 388448 - Alt-code input of characters causes crash
Summary: Alt-code input of characters causes crash
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 16.08
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2018-01-02 08:56 UTC by Mike Bourke
Modified: 2018-01-18 18:13 UTC (History)
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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!