This appears to be fixed in Jaunty.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gksu
-- [Release/package info] --
Intrepid Ibex (8.10), using gksu 2.0.0-5ubuntu3.
-- [Expected operation] --
- Open, say, gedit. Enter Unicode text entry mode with [Ctrl + Shift + U].
- You will see a "u" appear. Now type the characters [2], [6], [3], [a].
- (This is the character sequence for a smiley face.) Notice that the
- previous five characters are underlined.
+ zenity --entry
- Now hit enter and your five underlined characters will be replaced with
- the corresponding Unicode entity. All good!
+ Type [Ctrl + Shift + U] to enter Unicode entry mode, then type 263a, the
+ Unicode hexadecimal for the smiley face. You'll see the characters
+ underline one at a time. Hit enter, and all five characters "u263a" are
+ replaced by the smiley face.
-- [Actual operation] --
- Let's try this with the administrative password dialog. Take some action
- that requires sudo rights, such as going to System > Administration >
- Synaptic Package Manager. Try doing the previous character sequence.
- When you finish, only two of the five characters you typed will be
+ The expected behavior fails to happen when you're using a Gtk password
+ box.
+
+ zenity --entry --hide-text
+
+ Repeat the same steps. Instead, only two of the characters are
underlined.
-
- This is misleading, and makes it appear as if you've typed only one of
- the required characters in the four-character sequence.
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: gksu
-
-- [Release/package info] --
- Intrepid Ibex (8.10), using gksu 2.0.0-5ubuntu3.
+ Intrepid Ibex (8.10).
-- [Expected operation] --
zenity --entry
Type [Ctrl + Shift + U] to enter Unicode entry mode, then type 263a, the
Unicode hexadecimal for the smiley face. You'll see the characters
underline one at a time. Hit enter, and all five characters "u263a" are
replaced by the smiley face.
-- [Actual operation] --
The expected behavior fails to happen when you're using a Gtk password
box.
zenity --entry --hide-text
Repeat the same steps. Instead, only two of the characters are
underlined.
** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: gksu => gtk+2.0
Status: New => Fix Released
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Unicode entry mode displays incorrectly in gksu password dialogs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338727
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