[Pidgin] #15670: Greek Keyboard Layout Issue

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#15670: Greek Keyboard Layout Issue
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 Reporter:  Gr-Lang  |       Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new
Milestone:           |   Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.10.7   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  greek    |
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Comment (by Gr-Lang):

 Replying to [ticket:15670 Gr-Lang]:
 > Version : 2.10.7
 > OS : Windows 7 English Professional SP1 64 bit
 > Existing tickets keyword searched : "Greek"
 > Plug-ins : none present - clean installation
 > Protocols used to reproduce the problem : Gtalk, Facebook, Hotmail,
 Yahoo
 >
 > Problem :
 > Pidgin doesn't support the INPUT of some characters that are inserted to
 it by the Greek Layout.
 > The two major problems are these :
 > 1) There is a mark in Greek that is used to be combined with these two
 letters : ι and υ, the mark is this : ΅ > ΐ ΰ. To achieve that in any
 other text field, you press SHIFT + W in the Greek Layout. I have checked
 that if you copy these two characters from an another source and you paste
 them in Pidgin text box, it supports it, so the input is to blame. These
 are rarely used and have no capital form.
 > 2) There is no way to input the Euro sign (€), the classic way that
 works everywhere in the Greek Keyboard Layout (versions AFTER 2002), the
 input by CTRL+ALT+E. This is a little bit more serious, as both Greek
 speaking countries, Greece and Cyprus use the Euro as their currency.
 > Also, in the Greek Layout there are other symbols that use the
 CTRL+ALT+something combination, such as ® or ½, but no one uses those,
 only the Euro sign is important.
 > The only application these problems occur is Pidgin, no other program
 has issues.
 > Similar problems occur when I try to use the Polytonic Greek Windows
 Keyboard Layout, but this is not a real problem, as almost no one uses
 this, I just mention it, in case it helps to detect the problem.
 > Notice that the SHIFT+W and the plain W are not related in the Greek
 Keyboard Layout, the plain W is for the regular character ς.
 > Is there any way to fix these? I mean, why Pidgin doesn't let Windows do
 the job, like the other applications do?


 >>>>4 Months later<<<<
 I found the solution - there is no problem at all. The issue is that
 Pidgin follows the Unix - Linux Greek keyboard, even when running in
 Windows. This means that when following the Linux system you may write ΐ
 and ΰ as well. The trick goes : SHIFT + : , then : , then ι or υ. (Other
 Windows application do not use this.)

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