[Pidgin] #8244: Pidgin misbehaves when using deadkeys (e.g. US International keyboard layout)

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Sun Jan 25 11:10:46 EST 2009


#8244: Pidgin misbehaves when using deadkeys (e.g. US International keyboard
layout)
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 Reporter:  Timwi                                       |     Owner:  lschiere
     Type:  defect                                      |    Status:  new     
Component:  unclassified                                |   Version:  2.5.4   
 Keywords:  dead key, deadkey, keyboard, international  |  
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 I'm using the "US International" keyboard layout under Windows Vista.

 In this keyboard layout, the apostrophe key (') plus a produces "รก".

 However, apostrophe plus, for example, "s" DOES NOT produce an s with
 acute accent. It produces apostrophe-s.

 Pidgin behaves differently from all other Windows applications in that it
 produces an s with acute. I don't want that. I'm used to typing
 apostrophe+s to get apostrophe+s.

 Pidgin should at least offer an option to disable this non-standard
 behaviour. However, I'd even recommend to have it off by default. Behaving
 differently from every other application is never good (it violates the
 principle of least surprise).

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8244>
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