[Pidgin] #6167: Pidgin does not work with input software Unikey

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#6167: Pidgin does not work with input software Unikey
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Reporter:  Clytie  |       Owner:  lschiere    
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new         
Priority:  minor   |   Component:  unclassified
 Version:  2.4.2   |    Keywords:  i18n        
 Pending:  0       |  
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 This is reported by a Vietnamese Windows user (I'm translating):

 Using Unikey 4.0RC1, Windows XP Pro SP2, Pidgin 2.4.2, you can't input
 Vietnamese accented characters in Pidgin.

 Unikey is input software for Vietnamese, a language almost completely
 composed of accented characters, including combined diacritics. The
 accents distinguish meaning, so it is essential that we can enter them.

 Unikey URL: http://www.unikey.org/index.php?langset=eng

 When using Pidgin and Unikey, when you try to add accents to vowels,
 Pidgin deletes the vowel instead of adding the accent. For example:

 1. If you type "ca", you get "ca". No problems.

 2. If you add another "a", which should add a circumflex accent to the
 "ca" (making it "câ"), you get only "c": Pidgin deletes the original "a"
 instead.

 3. if you type ca, then type a "j" (which would add a dot under the
 character: cạ), the "c" is deleted, so you're left with nothing.

 This is sort of the opposite of normal typing: the more you type, the less
 text you get!

 Please tell us if you need more info, and when you need something tested.
 Thankyou.

 Clytie Siddall
 Vietnamese Free-Software Translation Team

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6167>
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