diacritics / accented characters (áéíóúçć etc.) initially appear then are stripped by client

[Patola]

schildichat version: 1.11.13.sc.1-1 from AUR on Arch Linux DESCRIPTION: trying schildichat as a new matrix desktop after been using element for years. All is well but when I type accented characters in the text box for the group chat or private chat, they initially appear but right after I finish a word with spacebar it disappears. If I try to send the text even before I finish the word, the "send message" arrow appears greyed out.

I have ibus running and I set the QT IM module to it (GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus) but even when I unset this variable the same thing happens.

This precludes my communication because I take part of Brazilian Portuguese and Polish chats and in these languages the diacritics are essential for understanding.

[su-ex]

So the same does not happen with Element v1.1.13?

[Patola]

Not sure, I'm using element-desktop 1.11.10-2. But it does not happen with any other application, QT or otherwise, only schildichat.

[su-ex]

Please compare with the same version of Element.

[Patola]

Tested with element-desktop 1.11.14, it works perfectly, as did 1.11.10-2 before. So, Shildichat is still the only application having this weird diacritics issue.

[su-ex]

1.11.14 is not the same as 1.11.13, maybe it was a regression and has been fixed recently.

[Patola]

I couldn't find any package with 1.11.13, not even in flatpak. Will keep trying and might be that I'll have to git checkout and compile it myself.

[su-ex]

I've just tested this with v1.11.13-sc.1 and v1.11.14-sc.0.test.1, both didn't strip any of those characters (though I don't know how to type ç) after hitting space, typing another word and sending.

[su-ex]

Maybe try without flatpak if this is what you're using now.

[Patola]

I hadn't used schildichat's flatpak, it was the packaged version. Using the flatpak version now (1.11.13-sc.1) and diacritics work correctly though. I guess I'll have to stick to it for the time being.

[su-ex]

Which os do you use (so which of the packaged versions)?

[Patola]

schildichat version 1.11.13.sc.1-1 from AUR on Arch Linux as I said on my first message

[su-ex]

Oops, indeed. But I've been not sure what you might have tried now. Weird that it doesn't work for you but for me (I'm on Arch as well). Maybe try schildichat-desktop-git as it uses system electron. Maybe also try if you have the same issue on https://app.schildi.chat (with different browsers).

[Patola]

Tried to install schildichat-desktop-git but it fails to clone the submodules directories for compiling, will need to look further into it, unfortunately these days I ain't having much time.

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