https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888446
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=888446#c0
Summary: dead_caron + u should produce uring for czech locale
xim
Classification: openSUSE
Product: openSUSE 13.1
Version: Final
Platform: i686
OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: X.Org
AssignedTo: bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com
ReportedBy: vlmarek@volny.cz
QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com
Found By: ---
Blocker: ---
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/30.0
My .profile contains:
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
export LC_ALL=cs_CZ.UTF-8
Now if I press dead_caron + u, I get ǔ, but I should get ů. The same for
capital letters - I get Ǔ but I should get Ů.
The workaround I use is to set ~/.XCompose to
include "%S/en_US.UTF-8/Compose"
<u> : "ů" U016F # LATIN SMALL LETTER U
WITH RING ABOVE
<U> : "Ů" U016E # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
WITH RING ABOVE
This is already defined in /usr/share/X11/locale/iso8859-2/Compose , but one
would have to use iso8859-2 instead of UTF-8:
<U> : "\331" Uring
<u> : "\371" uring
(of course the binary value for Uring is different in iso8859-2 and UTF-8, so
it can't be fixed by straight copy/paste)
I don't understand the xkb too well, but I guess that there should be new
directory and file /usr/share/X11/locale/cs_CZ.UTF-8/Compose which would
contain something similar to what I have in ~/.XCompose
Please note that it does not seem to be logical to use dead_caron for ring
above u, but since we don't use ring above any other letter, and ǔ does not
exist in czech, it's very convenient to have it print ů. This way it works on
czech keyboards since ever.
It's interesting that I have hard time finding evidence that it should be set
this way.
For example
https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pdt/Support/czech-info.html
The ring accent can occur only above an "u" where, in contrary, no caron can
occur. That is why many keyboards use the sequence "dead caron" - "u"/"U" to
enter an "u" with ring above. However, other keyboards (including Microsoft
Windows, I guess) alocate a "dead ring" key elsewhere, often to shifted
semicolon, replacing the U.S. key for tilde.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2003/11/msg00235.html
Thank you
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Vlad
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable XIM input method by putting this into your .profile:
export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim
export QT_IM_MODULE=xim
export LC_ALL=cs_CZ.UTF-8
2. restart X so that the options take effect
2.5 start xterm
3. set czech keyboard map
setxkbmap "us,cz(qwerty)" -option grp:shifts_toggle -option ctrl:swapcaps
4. switch into czech map by pressing both shifts together
5. Press dead_caron (shift + key "=" which should normally produce character
"+")
6. Press letter "u"
7. ǔ appears, but I should see ů
Actual Results:
ǔ appears
Expected Results:
I should see ů
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