Problem description: Steps to reproduce: 1. fresh install of libreoffice, language dutch, keyboard settings in KDE set to Belgian default. 2. create new document 3. try to type ruïnes Current behavior: results in runes or ru nes Expected behavior: ruïnes Conclusion: dead keys not working, tested in other applications, they all work, so keyboard settings are correct, only not for libreoffice. Operating System: Linux (Other) Version: 4.1.2.3 release
Does it work with US-International layout? Does it work with a sane DE?
try upgrading to 4.1.3 as well.
Running KDE 4.11.2 Workaround found: uninstall libreoffice-kde integration. The core of the issue should then be found in the libreoffice-kde package.
This is possibly a duplicate of Bug 39407.
I can reproduce this problem with LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 (KDE 4.12.1, openSUSE 13.1). This must have started after a fairly recent upgrade, as I use dead keys in LibreOffice all the time but only noticed the problem now. Uninstalling the libreoffice-kde4 package as suggested in Comment #3 doesn't work around the problem for me. The problem has also been reported repeatedly on Ask LibreOffice: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/14956/dead-keys-wont-work/ http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/19326/no-dead-keys-in-libreoffice-but-ok-in-other-apps/ As with Bug 39407 I suspect this problem has something to do with IBUS. There are reports lately that many other applications (Skype, etc.) stop responding to dead keys according to the presence or absence of certain IBUS packages. The following bug reports may be relevant: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/335732 https://code.google.com/p/ibus/issues/detail?id=526
I can verify this problem, with the spanish language; dead keys stop working, and you cannot enter accented characters. From information gleaned elsewhere, the solution is invoking LibreOffice as follows: unset XMODIFIERS && libreoffice4.2 &
The workaround from Comment 6 works for me too. Thanks!
Oh, I should add that before unsetting XMODIFIERS its value on my system was "@im=ibus", which seems to support my suspicions in Comment 5 that this problem is something to do with IBUS.
*** Bug 82787 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Why is this unconfirmed if a second user has reproduced the problem and a third user has opend a second bug now marked duplicate? Setting to NEW. Everybody running into this, please re-test with 4.3.3.2 and see if this is still happening.
LibreOffice 4.3.3.2 isn't yet packaged by my distribution. However, I did retest with LibreOffice 4.3.2.2 (KDE 4.14.2, openSUSE 13.1) and was no longer able to reproduce the problem. So for me dead keys are working again, even with XMODIFIERS set to @im=ibus.
Actually, I should clarify that dead keys work *in general* – there are still some problems with specific combinations which lead to incorrect compositions. For example, AltGr+' c produces ç instead of ć as expected. This has been reported on the bug trackers of various GNU/Linux distributions (see for example <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869133> and <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917130>. Is this something I should file a new bug for here, maybe in the xorg package? The problem is that I'm not sure whether it's X.Org or some other component which is causing the problem.
Ok let's label this as RESOLVED WORKSFORME feel free to report that bug in the xorg bugzilla
I confirm this bug on Ubuntu 14.04 and I the confirm workaround from Federico Kereki to work. From the comments it doesn't seem clear who should fix this bug. Are we sure about which component is failing? If nothing is lost from using unset XMODIFIERS should libreoffice ship with this on the startup script? If this is fixed on 4.3.3.x, how did it get fixed? Did libreoffice fix it or will it be broken again once it is packaged by the distributions? I'm reopening this since it is a serious issue that needs to be clarified. Reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1396637
Just tested with the new backport update (from today) for kubuntu, e.g. LibreOffice 4.2.7.2 buildID 420m0(Build:2) The problem is still there, though pay attention that typing with dead keys works initially, but stops working after a couple of minutes. I am using a US-international keyboard and try typing German umlauts with it. It seems that it shifts to a different keyboard layout after a minute or two. It is still possible to type the Umlauts, but they are now accessible with the "AltGr" key and are located near (not on) the corresponding a,o,u keys. I am amazed to get a backport update without this fixed. After all, if you need to type German (or many other languages) with a US keyboard you probably want to use the US international layout and LibreOffice is pretty much useless if this does not work.
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