Public bug reported: Description of problem: The Romanian letters Ş and Ţ are incorrectly represented when the Romanian keyboard is selected. Ş and Ţ are both incorrectly represent using cedillas instead of commas. The incorrect Unicode characters are U015E (S with a cedilla), U015F (s with a cedilla), U0162 (T with a cedilla) şi U0163 (t with a cedilla) The correct Unicode characters are U0218 (S with a comma), U0219 (s with a comma), U021A (T with a comma) şi U021B (t with a comma)
The rules relating to the the Romanian language are dictated by the Academia Romana, and they have provided specific advice regarding the representation of Romanian characters: http://www.secarica.ro/InstitLingvTastatura-20031008.pdf (in Romanian) For more precise information as to the why the cedilla's are incorrect: http://www.secarica.ro/html/s-uri_si_t-uri.html (in Romanian): Steps to reproduce: 1. Download and burn Ubuntu, either 6.10 or 7.04. 2. Boot any PC using the CD. 3. When the OS has loaded, select System > Preferences > Keyboard 4. Select Layouts 5. Click on Add 6. Select Romania > Standard, then Ok 7. Select Romania Standard, and move it to the top of the list. 8. Close 9. Select Applications > Accessories > Text Editor 10. Using a British keyboard, press the keys marked ; and ' (both are just to the right hand side of the letter L) Actual results: ş and ţ appear with cedillas. Expected results: ş and ţ to appear with commas. Notes: The Romanian keyboard layout on Mac OS X 10.4.9 works as expected, as does Windows Vista. Windows XP and below are broken like Ubuntu (and most likely other distros too). ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Romanian keyboard layout has incorrect characters https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108057 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
