Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-11 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 11/05/06 13:17: >>LC_ALL=en_GB.iso885915 oowriter2works fine. >>In fact, all the above locales except for C and POSIX work fine in >>OpenOffice. It seems that OOo does not depend on a utf8 locale, but does >>needs a local other the C or POSIX. > Which is what I stated on

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-11 Thread Bo Andresen
On Thursday 11 May 2006 12:53, Dave Jones wrote: > > $ LC_ALL=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 oowriter2 > > The LC_ALL command above did not work, giving the following error messages: > > I18N: X Window System doesn't support locale "en_GB.ISO-8859-15" > Qt: Locales not supported on X server > > Checked out my d

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-11 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 10/05/06 12:55: >>For some strange reason, on my system OpenOffice seems to need the >>locale set to utf8 to work properly with international keyboard layouts. >>Without it, the ' and " keys are dead, working only with AltGr pressed. >>I don't understand why, but since I chan

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-10 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 10/05/06 12:55: > On Tuesday 09 May 2006 20:31, Dave Jones wrote: >>For some strange reason, on my system OpenOffice seems to need the >>locale set to utf8 to work properly with international keyboard layouts. >>Without it, the ' and " keys are dead, working only with AltGr p

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-10 Thread Bo Andresen
On Thursday 04 May 2006 15:29, Dave Jones wrote: > I didn't get these errors when I ran the oowriter2 command above, so I > guess my localdef for the en_GB.utf8 must have been OK. > > Case closed, an irritating problem fixed. From another thread: On Tuesday 09 May 2006 20:31, Dave Jones wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-04 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 04/05/06 12:44: > On Thursday 04 May 2006 12:08, Dave Jones wrote: >>As a matter of curiosity, what errors did you get when you tried >>en_GB.utf8 on your system? > $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 oowriter2 > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your l

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-04 Thread Bo Andresen
On Thursday 04 May 2006 12:08, Dave Jones wrote: > As a matter of curiosity, what errors did you get when you tried > en_GB.utf8 on your system? $ LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8 oowriter2 perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset),

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-04 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 04/05/06 11:32: > On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:17, Dave Jones wrote: >>Bo, thank you *very* much, starting oowriter2 as you suggested using >>LC_All=en_US.utf8 oowriter2 worked, the us_intl keyboard now works as it >>should. > Glad to hear that. :) What's more, it seems to wor

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-04 Thread Bo Andresen
On Thursday 04 May 2006 11:17, Dave Jones wrote: > Bo, thank you *very* much, starting oowriter2 as you suggested using > LC_All=en_US.utf8 oowriter2 worked, the us_intl keyboard now works as it > should. Glad to hear that. :) > I have no /etc/env.d/02locale file; did you create that file yoursel

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems [solved]

2006-05-04 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 05/04/06 00:48: > It turns out I was wrong about this. If I type > # LC_ALL=POSIX oowriter2 > they don't work for me either. Same goes for LC_ALL=C. All other locales on > your list from locale -a they do work with. (Except en_GB.utf8 which results > in a lot of errors on

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Bo Andresen
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 17:26, Dave Jones wrote: > Here's the output of  locale > > LANG= > LC_CTYPE="POSIX" > LC_NUMERIC="POSIX" > LC_TIME="POSIX" > LC_COLLATE="POSIX" > LC_MONETARY="POSIX" > LC_MESSAGES="POSIX" > LC_PAPER="POSIX" > LC_NAME="POSIX" > LC_ADDRESS="POSIX" > LC_TELEPHONE="POSIX" > LC

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 05/03/06 19:39: > On Wednesday 03 May 2006 17:26, Dave Jones wrote: >>I've tried with the kcontrol Regional Keyboard settings enabled and >>disabled. No difference. The quote keys work only with AltGr pressed >>in OOo, but work normally in all other applications. >>I tried

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Bo Andresen
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 17:26, Dave Jones wrote: > I've tried with the kcontrol Regional Keyboard settings enabled and > disabled. No difference. The quote keys work only with AltGr pressed > in OOo, but work normally in all other applications. > > I tried using XkbModel to pc105 to see if the L

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Bo Andresen
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 18:04, Jerônimo Backes wrote: > I mean issues with some keyboard layouts. Try to type some cedillas with > a US-keyboard (combining ' and c ) in KDE with UTF-8 to see what you'll > get. Do you mean like this: ç? I use a danish keyboard layout and have no idea how to prod

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Jerônimo Backes
Bo Andresen wrote: On Wednesday 03 May 2006 00:04, Jerônimo Backes wrote: Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8859-1 (the default encoding). KDE has issues with UTF-8 and certain keboard layouts. What kind of

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 05/03/06 16:06: KDE has issues with UTF-8 and certain keboard layouts. >>>What kind of issues? Admittedly I have not tested KDE throughly but I >>>have been using KDE with UTF-8 for a few months now and I have >>>experienced no issues. >>This came out of my original que

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Bo Andresen
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 15:13, Dave Jones wrote: > Bo Andresen wrote on 05/03/06 14:31: > > On Wednesday 03 May 2006 00:04, Jerônimo Backes wrote: > >>Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use > >>some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8859-1 (the default > >>encod

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Dave Jones
Bo Andresen wrote on 05/03/06 14:31: > On Wednesday 03 May 2006 00:04, Jerônimo Backes wrote: >>Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use >>some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8859-1 (the default >>encoding). KDE has issues with UTF-8 and certain keboard layout

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Dave Jones
Jerônimo Backes wrote on 05/03/06 14:21: What seems odd is that OpenOffice is the only application affected, while all other applications work correctly under KDE. >>> Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use >>> some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Bo Andresen
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 00:04, Jerônimo Backes wrote: > Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use > some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8859-1 (the default > encoding). KDE has issues with UTF-8 and certain keboard layouts. What kind of issues? Admittedly I hav

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Jerônimo Backes
Dave Jones wrote: Jerônimo Backes wrote on 05/03/06 00:04: What seems odd is that OpenOffice is the only application affected, while all other applications work correctly under KDE. Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use some special keyboard layout

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-03 Thread Dave Jones
Jerônimo Backes wrote on 05/03/06 00:04: >> What seems odd is that OpenOffice is the only application affected, >> while all other applications work correctly under KDE. > Oh, I forgot to mention: DON'T use UTF-8 with KDE if you need to use > some special keyboard layouts. Stay with ISO-8859-1 (t

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-02 Thread Jerônimo Backes
I tried your tip, using all sorts of keyboard layouts (Generic 101 / 104 / 105 key, Logitech Cordless + Cordless Pro), US English, with or without international variant/dead characters, but no joy so far. What seems odd is that OpenOffice is the only application affected, while all other applic

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-02 Thread Dave Jones
Jerônimo Backes wrote on 05/01/06 23:14: >>I'm running a compiled from source Open Office 2.01-r1 and am having >>problems getting OOo to accept input of accented, single and double >>quote characters under KDE 3.4.3. > KDE overrides Xorg configs. > Just open the KDE's Control Center, select Regi

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-05-01 Thread Jerônimo Backes
> I'm running a compiled from source Open Office 2.01-r1 and am having > problems getting OOo to accept input of accented, single and double > quote characters under KDE 3.4.3. > KDE overrides Xorg configs. Just open the KDE's Control Center, select Regional & Accessibility, then Keyboard Layou

[gentoo-user] KDE and OpenOffice keyboard problems

2006-04-30 Thread Dave Jones
I'm running a compiled from source Open Office 2.01-r1 and am having problems getting OOo to accept input of accented, single and double quote characters under KDE 3.4.3. If I use IceWM, typing these characters works fine in OOo. I have CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" and