Cannot type Vietnamese character in VSCodeVim

[jiroakio]

Describe the bug To type Vietnamese text, we use an application call Unikey (Link download: https://unikey.vn/download/201807/UniKey-4.2RC4-140823-Setup_x32.exe). However, when enabling VSCodeVim, we cannot type Vietnamese text properly.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'https://unikey.vn/vietnam/' or download directly Unikey with \https://unikey.vn/download/201807/UniKey-4.2RC4-140823-Setup_x32.exe
2. Install Unikey, configure: Character Set: Unicode, Input method: Telex
3. Go to VS Code and start typeing "Tooi yeeu Vieetj Nam"
4. The proper result should be "Tôi yêu Việt Nam", but mostly the extension provides incorrect text

Expected behavior Typing these characters "Tooi yeeu Vieetj Nam", the proper text should be "Tôi yêu Việt Nam"

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Environment (please complete the following information):

• Extension (VsCodeVim) version: v1.8.0
• VSCode version: 1.34.0
• OS: Windows 10

[kienvu58]

@jiroakio I found a workaround to type Vietnamese text with VSCodeVim. You can use EVKey (https://evkey.org/#download) instead of Unikey.

[jiroakio]

Hi Kiên,

I have been using EVKey but there are still a lot of errors when typing. Only with the native Vietnamese keyboard of windows that there is no typing error.

Thank you for sharing ❤️

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 14:39 Kien Vu notifications@github.com wrote:

@jiroakio https://github.com/jiroakio I found a workaround to type Vietnamese text with VSCodeVim. You can use EVKey ( https://evkey.org/#download) instead of Unikey.

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[ledinhbao]

Just add more case: I'm using macOS and meet same issue, cannot type any Vietnamese character. macOS 10.15 OpenKey 2.0.3 VSCode 1.43.0 VsCodeVim 1.13

[manhthang2504]

I have same problem. Other Vim style plugin works fine, only this VsCodeVim has problem with Unicode Character

[pc223]

I have the same problem, this is the only reason I can't switch to this extension yet 😅 (VScode 1.51.1, VSCodeVim 1.17.1)

Elaborate more on the problem:

• This problem only occurs when enable VSCodeVim extension. Vanilla VScode can handle Vietnamese.
• The software being used to type Vietnamese (Unikey) works like this, if I type too, Unikey will convert to too<backspace><backspace>ô (This is the correct order to produce the right word (tô)

So might be something related to how extension.vim_backspace works. Maybe the vim extension sends wrong order of <backspace>, for example, too -> too<backspace>ô<backspace> -> to -> bad!

I did try to force vscode to handle <backspace> to see what happens but no success. Not to sure why 🤔

    // Not working
    "vim.handleKeys": {
         "backspace": false,
    }

Workaround: Maybe try vscode neovim extension

[tbm98]

It seems to work fine at the latest EVKey 3.3.8 and vscodevim 1.21.5

[no-vici]

Have anyone try OpenKey yet? It works beautifully for me on Mac, I have not tried it on Windows but heard many positive feedbacks from other users.

[sam-val]

We still have this issue in September 2023 :(

[nmhhao1996]

I have had the same issue recently with v1.26.0. I tried to downgrade to v1.25.2 and it works fine again now.

[mibi2007]

I have had the same issue recently with v1.26.0. I tried to downgrade to v1.25.2 and it works fine again now.

The downgrade is working for me, thanks