Thomas Kr?ger wrote: > Product: XML Editor Standard Edition V2.8p1 > Platform: Linux desktop 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 #1 Wed Jan 12 11:33:14 CET 2005 i686 > Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > Java: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build > Blackdown-1.4.2-01) > > Problem: > When entering German umlauts or ? by keyboard they are shown as empty > rectangles only. In saved files they are encoded as: � > Copying the characters from clipboard works. > > Pritority: high (entering German content ist nearly impossible) > > Steps to reproduce: > - switch to German keyboard layout > - enter type one of the following characters: ???????$ > postions: right of L (?); right of ? (?); right of P (?) > shift + 3 (?); left of 0 (?)
The problem is probably related to your Linux distribution/Java(TM) 2 Runtime. This has already happened to several other Linux users: See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/user_faq.html#linuxlocale > Comments: > The bug doen not depend on encoding or font setting in "Options" dialog. That's right.
