Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 10/05/06 12:55: For some strange reason, on my system OpenOffice seems to need the locale set to utf8 to work properly with international keyboard layouts. Without it, the ' and keys are dead, working only with AltGr pressed. I don't understand why, but since I changed my locale to en_US.utf8, the quote keys and Open Office work perfectly. Does this not work for you (# means run as root, $ means run as user)? # localedef -i en_GB -f ISO-8859-15 en_GB.ISO-8859-15 $ LC_ALL=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 oowriter2 The LC_ALL command above did not work, giving the following error messages: I18N: X Window System doesn't support locale en_GB.ISO-8859-15 Qt: Locales not supported on X server Checked out my defined locales with locale -a C en_GB en_GB.iso885915 en_GB.utf8 en_US en_US.iso885915 en_US.utf8 POSIX LC_ALL=en_GB.iso885915 oowriter2works fine. In fact, all the above locales except for C and POSIX work fine in OpenOffice. It seems that OOo does not depend on a utf8 locale, but does needs a local other the C or POSIX. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
On Thursday 11 May 2006 12:53, Dave Jones wrote: $ LC_ALL=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 oowriter2 The LC_ALL command above did not work, giving the following error messages: I18N: X Window System doesn't support locale en_GB.ISO-8859-15 Qt: Locales not supported on X server Checked out my defined locales with locale -a [SNIP] LC_ALL=en_GB.iso885915 oowriter2works fine. In fact, all the above locales except for C and POSIX work fine in OpenOffice. It seems that OOo does not depend on a utf8 locale, but does needs a local other the C or POSIX. Which is what I stated on the 4th of May. :) But en_GB.ISO-8859-15 works for me too even though locale -a report en_GB.iso885915 on my computer too. I guess that depends on the version of glibc.. Anyway nice to know it works for you now. :) -- Bo Andresen pgp5oUi7LKkyn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 11/05/06 13:17: LC_ALL=en_GB.iso885915 oowriter2works fine. In fact, all the above locales except for C and POSIX work fine in OpenOffice. It seems that OOo does not depend on a utf8 locale, but does needs a local other the C or POSIX. Which is what I stated on the 4th of May. :) But en_GB.ISO-8859-15 works for me too even though locale -a report en_GB.iso885915 on my computer too. I guess that depends on the version of glibc.. Anyway nice to know it works for you now. :) I'm using glibc-2.3.6-r3 (stable branch). Your statement on May 4 was correct, and believe me, I'm very glad that the problem is solved here! Pawel has not reported back from my last suggestion of trying to use the us_intl keyboard layout. It would be nice if that solved his problems with his Polish locale/keyboard too. I still find it strange that OOo is the only application I have which needs a locale other than C or POSIX defined. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
On Thursday 04 May 2006 15:29, Dave Jones wrote: I didn't get these errors when I ran the oowriter2 command above, so I guess my localdef for the en_GB.utf8 must have been OK. Case closed, an irritating problem fixed. From another thread: On Tuesday 09 May 2006 20:31, Dave Jones wrote: For some strange reason, on my system OpenOffice seems to need the locale set to utf8 to work properly with international keyboard layouts. Without it, the ' and keys are dead, working only with AltGr pressed. I don't understand why, but since I changed my locale to en_US.utf8, the quote keys and Open Office work perfectly. Does this not work for you (# means run as root, $ means run as user)? # localedef -i en_GB -f ISO-8859-15 en_GB.ISO-8859-15 $ LC_ALL=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 oowriter2 -- Bo Andresen pgp7jTMR4TFw9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 10/05/06 12:55: On Tuesday 09 May 2006 20:31, Dave Jones wrote: For some strange reason, on my system OpenOffice seems to need the locale set to utf8 to work properly with international keyboard layouts. Without it, the ' and keys are dead, working only with AltGr pressed. I don't understand why, but since I changed my locale to en_US.utf8, the quote keys and Open Office work perfectly. Does this not work for you (# means run as root, $ means run as user)? # localedef -i en_GB -f ISO-8859-15 en_GB.ISO-8859-15 $ LC_ALL=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 oowriter2 No, it doesn't work, I get these error messages when I try to start oowriter2: I18N: X Window System doesn't support locale en_GB.ISO-8859-15 Qt: Locales not supported on X server The accented keys don't work either with this setup. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 05/04/06 00:48: It turns out I was wrong about this. If I type # LC_ALL=POSIX oowriter2 they don't work for me either. Same goes for LC_ALL=C. All other locales on your list from locale -a they do work with. (Except en_GB.utf8 which results in a lot of errors on my system. That's why I use en_US.utf8. If you do wish to use UTF-8 you should follow the guide provided by Gentoo). So try changing your locale to something other than POSIX or C i.e. export LC_ALL=whatever. And start OOo from the prompt. To change your locale permanently you should change /etc/env.d/02locale and run env-update. You only need to set LC_ALL it will all other LC_ variables. Bo, thank you *very* much, starting oowriter2 as you suggested using LC_All=en_US.utf8 oowriter2 worked, the us_intl keyboard now works as it should. I have no /etc/env.d/02locale file; did you create that file yourself? Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:17, Dave Jones wrote: Bo, thank you *very* much, starting oowriter2 as you suggested using LC_All=en_US.utf8 oowriter2 worked, the us_intl keyboard now works as it should. Glad to hear that. :) I have no /etc/env.d/02locale file; did you create that file yourself? Yes, just create a file with the contents: LC_ALL=whatever Look at [1] and [2] for more information on locales on Gentoo. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3 [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml -- Bo Andresen pgphsoHobO0Et.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 04/05/06 11:32: On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:17, Dave Jones wrote: Bo, thank you *very* much, starting oowriter2 as you suggested using LC_All=en_US.utf8 oowriter2 worked, the us_intl keyboard now works as it should. Glad to hear that. :) What's more, it seems to work fine with LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 too. As a matter of curiosity, what errors did you get when you tried en_GB.utf8 on your system? I have no /etc/env.d/02locale file; did you create that file yourself? Yes, just create a file with the contents: LC_ALL=whatever OK, done that, it's working perfectly now. Look at [1] and [2] for more information on locales on Gentoo. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-localization.xml#doc_chap3 [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml Will do, to check out any extra information available there. Again, thank you both very much. Your and Jerônimo's help and advice solved an obscure problem which has annoyed me for months. The Gentoo user community has yet again proven to be a great place to finding helpful and knowledgeable people, adding to the many strengths of the distro. Glad to be part of it! Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
On Thursday 04 May 2006 12:08, Dave Jones wrote: As a matter of curiosity, what errors did you get when you tried en_GB.utf8 on your system? $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 oowriter2 perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = en_GB.utf8, LANG = (unset) are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C). I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale IIRC back when I followed the UTF-8 guide localedef complained that some data for creating the en_GB.UTF-8 locale was missing. It seems that the issue has been resolved since then. The following command fixed the problem so en_GB.utf8 is working for me too now: # localedef -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8 -- Bo Andresen pgp3bNdR1D0qE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]
Bo Andresen wrote on 04/05/06 12:44: On Thursday 04 May 2006 12:08, Dave Jones wrote: As a matter of curiosity, what errors did you get when you tried en_GB.utf8 on your system? $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 oowriter2 perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = en_GB.utf8, LANG = (unset) are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale (C). I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale IIRC back when I followed the UTF-8 guide localedef complained that some data for creating the en_GB.UTF-8 locale was missing. It seems that the issue has been resolved since then. The following command fixed the problem so en_GB.utf8 is working for me too now: # localedef -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8 I didn't get these errors when I ran the oowriter2 command above, so I guess my localdef for the en_GB.utf8 must have been OK. Case closed, an irritating problem fixed. Cheers, Dave -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
