Bug#210490: libgtk2.0-0: Can't use Compose with AltGr keys

[Roland Mas]

Loïc Minier, 2004-10-15 19:16:18 +0200 :

> severity 210490 minor

Hm.  Not that minor, really, from my point of view.  Keeps people from
typing useful characters: À mainly for me, but also ¹ and ³, obtained
by Compose-^-1 and Compose-^-3, and other grave-accented letters that
don't have keys on their own (for typing Spanish or Italian, for
instance).

>  I confirm this with current GTK with french keyboard configuration.
>  I've reported the problem upstream, but I really don't know wether
>  the Cedilla input method is meant to support that.

  If it is not, maybe Gtk should default to using another input method
that doesn't suck?  Besides, I can also see the bug in Firefox, where
I haven't been able to find how to change the input method.

  I've read upstream's reaction, and I suggest telling Owen Taylor
that à also comes in an uppercase À version, which doesn't have its
own key on French keyboards.

Roland.
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