[ scim-Bugs-1668290 ] dead-key characters don't work

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Bugs item #1668290, was opened at 2007-02-25 05:59
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Category: None
Group: 1.4.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: ejstans (ejstans)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: dead-key characters don't work

Initial Comment:
After starting scim/skim, I can no longer type "dead-key" characters such as ~^"`' in xterm. Strangely they work in mlterm but appear immediately when the button is pressed so I can't place them over other characters such as  for example.
I am using:
OpenSuSE 10.2 with KDE Release 3.5.5 "release 45.2", Xorg 7.2.0 RC 2, scim 1.4.5, skim 1.4.5 (compiled with libscim 1.4.5).

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Comment By: Mathieu Jobin (somekool)
Date: 2008-07-03 21:10

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I will go ahead and sympatize with you guys ... I am actually one of yours
and still totally with you deeply in my heart.

now let's face it. How many french dude (which need dead keys) use Linux
(and KDE) and also need an input method system such as SCIM to write in our
favorite asian language of our choice.

I am afraid we are the only ones. we are alone. and the developers won't
ever care. french SCIM users are the slightest percentage of the
population. I have been experiencing this bug for more than 2 years. and
the last post on this bug is a year old.

I guess everybody did the same as I did and moved on to some other OS
where it has some kind of population.
sad to see people givin' up ? well hey, 1997-2007, that's just enough
patience to see a desktop get ready.

I'll keep watchin' ...



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Comment By: Michal Suchanek (hramrach)
Date: 2007-08-23 07:06

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With 1.4.4 dead keys work when dynamic events are turned off but it breaks
wine.

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Comment By: Michal Suchanek (hramrach)
Date: 2007-08-23 06:38

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On Debian testing with scim 1.4.7 dead keys do not work with dynamic
events either enabled or disabled (/FrontEnd/X11/Dynamic). I can no longer
find the setting in the gtk config panel.

Turning off dynamic X events breaks wine, it locks up when a menu or
button is pressed.

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Comment By: ejstans (ejstans)
Date: 2007-08-14 17:35

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Turning off Dynamic X Event makes dead-key characters work for me...
What is "Dynamic X events" and why does it eat dead-key chars?

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Comment By: Michal Suchanek (hramrach)
Date: 2007-04-18 02:43

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For me dead keys do not work with scim 1.4.4 on Debian, and they sometimes
do with scim 1.4.5 on Gentoo. It is possible to write them with
English/European input method.
However, using this input method is far from convenient. One has to
 - enable scim
 - select the method with mouse (or configure and memorize a key
shortcut)

If the dead keys worked when scim is not enabled (ie the panel is hidden
in the default setup) scim would be much easier to use.

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Comment By: zir0faive (zir0faive)
Date: 2007-03-20 07:14

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After toggling the "dynamic X event" option on, it appears that dead keys
will only work if I choose "Franais/Clavier > Franais/Europen"
(French/Keyboard > French/European) as input method. They still won't work
when setting input method to "Clavier" (Keyboard).

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Comment By: LiuCougar (liuspider)
Date: 2007-02-28 04:21

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try toggling one option in scim-setup: dynamic X event

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Comment By: zir0faive (zir0faive)
Date: 2007-02-28 04:16

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The same goes for me. I add to the list of non-working dead-keys the
character, useful in french.
I'm using:
Debian Etch/Sid, KDE 3.5.5, Xorg 7.1.0, scim 1.4.4, skim 1.4.4 .

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