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First of all:
This problem is definitely NOT caused by Slackware but I am posting to
this group because in the past, every query I've made here, was always
very helpful to me (ok, it sounds like flattery but it is true, besides
flattery gets you everywhere???).

I am using Slackware 9.0, and the problem I am having is that when I
use a french keyboard (setup via the XF86Config file), in Openoffice
I am able to get all accented letters except for the circumflex types
(the ones with the little hat "^" over them).

Basically the dead key which is used to get a circumflex char
(the "[" key) is ignored by openoffice. Other dead keys work just fine.

This occurs with OpenOffice version 1.0 through to the latest beta.
Note though that this problem does not occur in any other program
(like rxvt, nedit. mozilla) that I use. I definitley concluded that it IS
an openoffice problem. I contacted www.openoffice.org about 9months ago
(for vers 1.0.1) but still no reply - and no bug fix!

The keyboard I am using is canadian french "ca" in XF86.

There must be some slackware users in Quebec, Canada, that use
openoffice...do you have the same problem? Have you solved it? Could you
tell me how you did it? :-)

The work arounds are ridiculous:
- use "insert special character"
- having a document with all circumflex chars open and cut / paste into
new document.
- use windows to create french lang. docs. (uuugh)
- consider buying vmware to run (windows/wordperfect from linux (uuugh
uuugh!)

I can provide more info to help resolve this very frustrating problem.

Thanks.

On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 16:38:23 +0200, Michael wrote:

> I'v got almost the same problem:
> Just installed Slack 9.0 and OO-1.0.3, US keybord with dead keys
> enabled. Dead keys work fine in KWord, xterm, gedit etc.. No dead keys
> at all in OO.

Just a question (to show how little I know about kyeboards): why would you
want dead keys enabled with a US english keyboard? You say they work in
Kword etc, do you mean that you can actually get non-english chars using
dead keys with english keyboard?

If so I should maybe experiment along that path in getting my problem
solved.

I actually toyed with the idea of copying the "ca" keyboard layout to
another file and changing the dead key assignement to see if OO can
recognize them...but have no time now...maybe during the winter :-)

If I learn anything about my keyboard problem will post here...it may also
help you.

Good luck...

Maxwell Hammer wrote:


> Just a question (to show how little I know about kyeboards): why would you
> want dead keys enabled with a US english keyboard? You say they work in
> Kword etc, do you mean that you can actually get non-english chars using
> dead keys with english keyboard?
>

There are a lot of words with accents in Dutch and the QWERTY- (US)
keyboard is standard here.
And yes, you can: à, á, ä, ã.
With Slack - in OO - the accents don't work at all: quotes are impossible.
OO on Suse and Gentoo did not have this problem, as far as I remember.
And I know that the keyboard defs in Gentoo's XF86Config were no different
from those in Slack.
I googled in AOLS to no avail.

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Michael wrote:
| With Slack - in OO - the accents don't work at all: quotes are impossible.

I have OO 1.0.3 Czech localised build working just fine with Slack. No
problems at all ('stock' install).

....just my $0.02

Yeti
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