Bug 406047

Summary:	kde-base/{konsole,kwrite}: compose key doesn't work in non kde session env
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Philip Webb <purslow>
Component:	[OLD] KDE	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294949
Whiteboard:	tracking upstream
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	outpu

Description Philip Webb 2012-02-27 16:51:58 UTC

KDE System Settings 4.8.0 has a menu for setting a compose key
& it has been set successfully in the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kxkbrc
with the generated line 'Options=compose:lctrl'.
However, this has no effect in Konsole & Kwrite: 'ctrl , c' should produce ç ,
but in fact simply leaves the characters ',c' ; I tried the other permutations
'ctrl c ,'  ', c ctrl'  'c , ctrl' without any success either.
The font was Luxi Mono, which has the character when used in Gvim.
I have set Vi-mode in Kwrite & Kate.

I tried the same setting in Mandriva 10 Spring (KDE 4.4.3) & it works there.
In my Gentoo box, I don't have all of KDE installed, only some apps I use
& the cause of the problem may be a missing package.  I tried Hotkeys,
but it made no difference.  If some other package is needed,
it should be a dependency for Systemsettings, whose absence is a bug.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge Konsole, Kwrite (Kate) & Systemsettings 4.8.0
2. Set the compose key using Systemsettings
3. Enter an appropriate key pair in Konsole or Kwrite, eg 'ctrl , c'
Actual Results:  
The characters shown on the line are ', c'

Expected Results:  
The character should be 'ç' (c cedilla)

Comment 1 Philip Webb 2012-02-27 16:53:23 UTC

Created attachment 303507 [details]
outpu

Comment 2 Johannes Huber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-02-27 19:01:06 UTC

Report upstream and link here back.

Comment 3 Philip Webb 2012-02-27 19:52:07 UTC

I have submitted KDE bug 294949 .

Comment 4 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2013-03-09 10:26:53 UTC

From the upstream bug: it works fine if a kde session is started via kdm, it does not work if single kde applications are started outside kde.

Comment 5 Michael Palimaka (kensington) gentoo-dev

2014-03-14 12:16:13 UTC

I don't think there's much we can do about this downstream. In any case, most of the KDE configuration options are KDE-specific anyway. What happens if an identical key binding is set in the parent WM?