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Re: [TeXmacs] Bug: Can't type the lowercase dotless i character


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  • From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
  • To: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Bug: Can't type the lowercase dotless i character
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:23:55 +0100
Hello Kemal,

I fixed the problem for the Qt version on the SVN server.

Best wishes, --Joris


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 06:15:31AM -0800, Kemal Ilgar Eroglu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have already filed this as a bug report (#34257) a while ago, but no one
> seems to notice, so I will try my luck here.
>
> I am using TeXmacs 1.0.7.14 on Slackware Linux 13.37 32-bit but this bug
> was there in all the versions I have used till now, and showed itself under
> both the Qt and old interfaces (I tested it on a couple of other
> distributions, too, with the same result).
>
>
> The problem is that I can't type the "lowercase dotless i" in the editor.
> This is a character that exists in the Turkish alphabet. It is the unicode
> character 131 and has LaTeX code '\i'. As you will appreciate, being unable
> to type this in makes TeXmacs unusable for Turkish texts, which is a great
> frustration for me.
>
> As far as I can observe, all other keyboard characters work without any
> problem. Those who wish to try this out themselves can switch to the
> standard variant of the Turkish layout with
>
> setxkbmap -layout tr
>
>
> and then the English 'lowercase i' key should produce a lowercase dotless i.
>
> This character can be loaded into TeXmacs from LaTeX documents containing
> \i. In the LaTeX code you have to leave a space after '\i' (to terminate
> the command, obviously). For example the text-mode LaTeX code
>
> k\i sa
>
> should display "kısa", but TeXmacs displays it as "kı sa", not deleting the
> obligatory space and this is another bug.
>
> But my first priority is of course to get the keyboard input working. I
> would *really* appreciate it very much if someone helped me with this.
>
> Best,
> Ilgar

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