I managed to fix this issue on my system some time ago, but don't remember exactly how I did. Perhaps by installing newer packages? Writing french characters works well too now.
FYI, here is my env: GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus xmodifie...@im=ibus QT_IM_MODULE=ibus And my ibus related packages: ii ibus 1.2.0.20090927-2ubuntu2 New input method framework using dbus ii ibus-anthy 1.2.0.20090813-2 anthy engine for IBus un ibus-chewing <none> (no description available) ii ibus-gtk 1.2.0.20090927-2ubuntu2 New input method framework using dbus un ibus-hangul <none> (no description available) un ibus-m17n <none> (no description available) un ibus-pinyin <none> (no description available) ii ibus-qt4 1.2.0.20091014-1 qt-immodule for ibus (QT4) un ibus-table <none> (no description available) ii libibus-qt1 1.2.0.20091014-1 qt-immodule for ibus (QT4) ii libibus1 1.2.0.20090927-2ubuntu2 New input method framework using dbus ii python-ibus 1.2.0.20090927-2ubuntu2 New input method framework using dbus qt4-x11 is still 4.5.3really4.5.2-0ubuntu1 -- Copy and paste broken after using input method https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479740 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to qt4-x11 in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
