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Subject: openoffice.org: cannot use Mode_switch key to input accented chars
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Package: openoffice.org
Version: 1.1.0+1.1.1rc3-1
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if i press either the three keys: "Mode_switch ` e" or "Mode_switch e `"
nothing is inserted
into the Writer application
i tried to set the SAL_ALTGR_COMPOSE environment veriable, as specified
in node "Inserting Special Characters" of the online Help, but that
didn't help
thank you for the good work, ciao
-- System Information:
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
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ii openoffice.org-debian 1.1.0+1.1.1rc3-1+1 Debian specific parts of OpenOffic
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On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 11:23, giacomo boffi wrote:
> if i press either the three keys: "Mode_switch ` e" or "Mode_switch e `" =
nothing is inserted=20
> into the Writer application
>=20
> i tried to set the SAL_ALTGR_COMPOSE environment veriable, as specified
> in node "Inserting Special Characters" of the online Help, but that
> didn't help
>=20
> thank you for the good work, ciao
>=20
> -- System Information:
> Locale: LANG=3DC, LC_CTYPE=3DC
You must have your environment configured properly with an 8 bit
locale. LANG=3DC is 7 bit and does not allow the input of accents using
standard X input routines, which openoffice uses.
Comments from bei:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
If you have problems with accents in OpenOffice.org on linux do the followi=
ng:=20
Make sure to use a locale that's supported by your=20
system AND your version of XFree86 AND that does support accent characters.=
=20
To find a suitable locale compare the output of 'locale -a' with the=20
contents of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias=20
If 'locale -a' does not show you a suitable locale install more locales for=
=20
your system.=20
If 'locale -a' just gives you "c and posix" and you are using a debian=20
distribution you are most likely victim of a debian bug that the locale=20
generation does not work the first time.=20
To fix that execute the following command as root:=20
dpkg-reconfigure locales=20
You just need to reconfigure the locale packages because locales are alread=
y=20
installed, it=B4s just that the final configuration failed the first time.=20
After you selected a suitable locale, eg. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" set the LANG=20
environment variable to that value.=20
For example in csh you can do that by the command=20
setenv LANG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in bash you can do that by the command=20
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; export LANG=20
You can either do that globally before starting X11 or you can add the bash=
=20
line above to the soffice shell script in the program directory of your=20
OpenOffice.org installation to set this locale for OpenOffice.org only.=20
If you now still have problems with accented chars that could be related=20
to an OpenOffice.org issue that has already been fixed about how fonts are=20
substituted by OOo when they do not contain accent chars.
In this case you should upgrade to OpenOffice.org version 1.1 or later and=20
install all the X11 fonts your linux distribution offers.
