Bug#905874: libreoffice: No input of accented characters through dead-key composition

[Mario L. Epp K.]

On 08/12/2018 02:54 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote:

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 05:20:54PM -0400, Mario L. Epp K. wrote:

On 08/11/2018 09:58 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote:

retitle 905874: libreoffice: No input of accented characters through dead-key 
composition in gen and kde4 plugins
thanks

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 01:22:51PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:18:30PM -0400, Mario L. Epp wrote:

On researching the issue prior to making this report, I found this issue
reported on the DocumentFoundation Bugzilla as "Bug 112770" at
<https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112770>. But I am not
shure how to implement the solution from 6.0.0 to 5.2.7.2 for KDE5 on Debian 9.


Maybe install the 6.1.0 backport from stretch-backports? That one also
has a KDE5 integration other than that KDE4 thingy "working" with KDE5.

This will never be fixed in stable properly (until buster releases of
course with above new KDE5 integration)


I uninstalled the "stable" LibreOffice before installing the "backported"
LibreOffice with the Metapackage. After the instalation I rebooted the
computer.


The metapackage doesn't install the KDE integration.


But the same bug appears also in LibreOffice 6.1.0.2 (Build ID:
1:6.1.0~rc2-3~bpo9+1), Linux 4.9; UI render: defualt; VCL: x11.

 
And with the KDE integration actually installed? That would just leave
the non-integrated LO affected only.


Thank you, I did not catch that omission. After installing the 
KDE-integration, the dead keys work as advertised. And in the 
Help->About dialog it now reads: "VCL: gtk3_kde5"


I also did a clean install of Debian 9 (new partition tables). The basic 
KDE system for a clean/new installation worked without a problem. The 
Help->About dialog of LibreOffice reads: version 5.2.7.2 (Build ID: 
1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4); VCL: kde4


The other new install with this bug had the "/home" partition mounted 
from the previous installation of Debian 8. So, maybe there was some 
problem with the upgrade.


It seems that I have now been able to resolve this problem to my 
satisfaction. Thank you.


Mario L. Epp

Bug#905874: libreoffice: No input of accented characters through dead-key composition

[Mario L. Epp K.]

Bug also present in the Backport.

On 08/11/2018 09:58 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote:

retitle 905874: libreoffice: No input of accented characters through dead-key 
composition in gen and kde4 plugins
thanks

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 01:22:51PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:18:30PM -0400, Mario L. Epp wrote:

On researching the issue prior to making this report, I found this issue
reported on the DocumentFoundation Bugzilla as "Bug 112770" at
<https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112770>. But I am not
shure how to implement the solution from 6.0.0 to 5.2.7.2 for KDE5 on Debian 9.


Maybe install the 6.1.0 backport from stretch-backports? That one also
has a KDE5 integration other than that KDE4 thingy "working" with KDE5.

This will never be fixed in stable properly (until buster releases of
course with above new KDE5 integration)


I uninstalled the "stable" LibreOffice before installing the 
"backported" LibreOffice with the Metapackage. After the instalation I 
rebooted the computer.


But the same bug appears also in LibreOffice 6.1.0.2 (Build ID: 
1:6.1.0~rc2-3~bpo9+1), Linux 4.9; UI render: defualt; VCL: x11.


Mario L. Epp

Bug#905874: libreoffice: No input of accented characters through dead-key composition

[Mario L. Epp]

Package: libreoffice
Version: 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

After reinstalling Debian 9.5 on my main workstation, accented characters in
would not appear in Writer when I used the dead keys on the "Spanish" keyboard
layout. Previously I had been using Debian 8 without any problems. I am using
KDE as GUI. The problem  manifested also in Calc. Though other applications had
no problem.

On a secondary computer I upgraded from Debian 8 to Debian 9 with the standard
aplications in KDE. And here I observed the same problem of the accented
characters not showing up when composed with the dead keys.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?

First I closed and restarted LibreOffice: Same problem.
Then I logged out and back in: Same problem.
Then I rebooted the whole system: Problem continues.

I added several other keyboard layouts, with no solution to the problem. Apart
from my normal "Spanish" layout, I tried the US-QWERTY and the German layouts.

I can insert the accented characters with the "Special Character" feature. But
when typing text, that is NOT a workable workaround.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

No solution so far. So far all other aplications have no problem with dead-key-
composition.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Input the accented characters for different languages without having to do menu
and dialog acrobatics, instead of the standard dead-key-composition.


On researching the issue prior to making this report, I found this issue
reported on the DocumentFoundation Bugzilla as "Bug 112770" at
. But I am not
shure how to implement the solution from 6.0.0 to 5.2.7.2 for KDE5 on Debian 9.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.5
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set 
LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: 
No such file or directory
UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libreoffice depends on:
ii  dpkg   1.18.25
ii  fonts-dejavu   2.37-1
ii  libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer  1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-base   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-calc   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-core   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-draw   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-impress1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-java-common1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-math   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-report-builder-bin 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-writer 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  python3-uno1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4

Versions of packages libreoffice recommends:
ii  fonts-crosextra-caladea 20130214-1
ii  fonts-crosextra-carlito 20130920-1
ii  fonts-linuxlibertine5.3.0-2
ii  fonts-sil-gentium-basic 1.1-7
ii  libreoffice-librelogo   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-nlpsolver   0.9+LibO5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-ogltrans1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-pdfimport   1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-report-builder  1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-script-provider-bsh 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-script-provider-js  1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-script-provider-python  1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql 1:5.2.7-1+deb9u4
ii  libreoffice-wiki-publisher  1.2.0+LibO5.2.7-1+deb9u4

Versions of packages libreoffice suggests:
ii  cups-bsd   2.2.1-8+deb9u2
ii  default-jre [java5-runtime]2:1.8-58
pn  gstreamer1.0-libav 
pn  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad   
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base  1.10.4-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good  1.10.4-1
pn  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly  
ii  hunspell-de-at [hunspell-dictionary]   20161207-1
ii  hunspell-de-de-frami [hunspell-dictionary] 1:5.2.5-1
ii  hunspell-en-us [hunspell-dictionary]   20070829-7
ii  hunspell-es [hunspell-dictionary]  1:5.2.5-1
ii  hunspell-pt-br [hunspell-dictionary]   1:5.2.5-1
ii  hyphen-de [hyphen-hyphenation-patterns]1:5.2.5-1
ii  hyphen-en-us [hyphen-hyphenation-patterns] 2.8.8-5
ii  hyphen-es [hyphen-hyphenation-patterns]1:5.2.5-1
ii  hyphen-pt-br [hyphen-hyphenation-