[FreeBSD] Using a compose key in Otter

[beastie1]

Good day!

In QupZilla (compiled against Qt4), as well as all other non-Qt-based applications (e.g. Gtk+ and Open Motif), I'm able to use a compose key successfully. In Otter, I only get the separate keys, e.g. 'a, instead of á or =e, instead of €. So every time I want to write non-conventional characters, I have to use a third-party editor and then copy the text to Otter.

Can this be implemented in Otter, or is it an upstream issue affecting Qt 5x only?

[Emdek]

Works fine here, using both Qt 5.2.1 and 5.3.1, maybe it's issue specific to your platform. Could you please try some Qt SDK examples (like code editor or application examples - available from start page of QtCreator, after searching for editor) to confirm that?

[beastie1]

I'm using Qt 5.2.1 on FreeBSD. Since it works on everything else, including Qt4, I thought it was weird, which is why I opened this issue. Maybe it's precisely on Qt5 that it doesn't work.

I can't really get the SDK as it's too big to build on my system. But I tested some random code and the compose key doesn't work there either. So I guess it's not Otter's fault.

[Emdek]

@beastie1, please post more possibly useful information about your system and desktop environment, I'll report this issue upstream.

[beastie1]

FreeBSD 9.1 for i386 No desktop environment, just fvwm Qt 5.2.1 (official FreeBSD package) WebKit Backend 538.1

[beastie1]

I don't know if this relates somehow to the compose keys or not, but when running Otter from the console, I get multiple errors like:

Qt Warning: Could not find a location of the system's Compose files. Consider setting the QTCOMPOSE environment variable.

[Emdek]

@beastie1, I guess that it is relevant. ;-)

[beastie1]

Yay, it ẃøṙķß fine now!

I found all the boring stuff in qtablegenerator.cpp. FreeBSD uses the path /usr/local/lib/X11/locale, which is hardcoded in qtablegenerator.cpp, but it doesn't work. It only works if I set the environment variable.

[Emdek]

Reported upstream: https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-40115

[beastie1]

Thank you! :)

[Emdek]

@beastie1, someone replied, with questions:

1) Have you tried to debug this? 2) What is the contents of /usr/local/lib/X11/locale directory on the failing FreeBSD system?

[beastie1]

Yes I saw the reply during the day, but I wasn't home.

The contents of this directory can be found in this package The package contents mimic the system's hierarchy, so you can just browse the relative path ./usr/local/lib/X11/locale

Note that QTCOMPOSE is being set to the extact same path with QTCOMPOSE=/usr/local/lib/X11/locale export QTCOMPOSE.

[Emdek]

@beastie1, thanks, propagated.

[Emdek]

@beastie1, there was another reply, I guess that it would be best if you would reply there directly.