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Bug 228690

Summary:	Can't type accented characters like é or ã
Product:	editor	Reporter:	FernandoBasso
Component:	Painting & Printing	Assignee:	Miloslav Metelka <mmetelka>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	FernandoBasso
Priority:	P1
Version:	7.3.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description FernandoBasso 2013-04-18 09:46:54 UTC

I can't type characters like 'ã' or 'é'. It it just happens in netbeans (php, java, html, whatever) when I am running gnome (3.6). If I want just '´' or '~' then I have no problems. The steps to type those "compound" characters is to type the accent first (nothing happens visually) and -then- I type the actual letter. My layout is brazilian abnt-2. My distro is arch linux 32 bits.


If I am in openbox then everything works fine. Even in gnome, I can type those characters in any other application/editor, like irssi (both in xterm or gnome-terminal), gedit, etc. If I want just '´' or '~' then I have no problems.

Tried tons of different keyboard layouts in gnome. Nothing helped.

Comment 1 FernandoBasso 2013-04-20 10:52:49 UTC

Starting netbeans this way:

XMODIFIERS='' /usr/bin/netbeans

makes it possible to type those characters like "ã"
or "é".

Once more, the problem is only when I run netbeans on gnome (3.6).
Not sure who is the culprit. It may be a gnome problem
after all.

Comment 2 Miloslav Metelka 2013-05-21 13:27:29 UTC

This looks like a generic java problem not specific to NB.
Could you please run

java -jar <path-to-jdk>/demo/jfc/Notepad/Notepad.jar

and test the typing there? Thanks.

Comment 3 Miloslav Metelka 2013-05-29 11:29:38 UTC

Closing as invalid since it's a generic java problem. Please reopen if this assumption would be wrong.