Autokey won't insert certain unicode characters

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When I set up a snippet including certain unicode characters, Autokey doesn't 
seem to insert the character. It does seem to recognize the abbreviation and 
the debugging log even shows that Autokey is sending the proper unicode 
character code. The abbreviation is removed properly, and other characters show 
up, but not the problem ones. These include u0115 (e with a breve mark above).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by scotti...@gmail.com on 9 Aug 2011 at 6:15

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Certain unicode characters simply are not recognised by the X server. The only 
way you'll be able to get this inserted is to change your phrase to paste using 
the clipboard method rather than keyboard. Try that and let me know how you go.

Original comment by cdekter on 9 Aug 2011 at 9:31

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Original comment by cdekter on 11 Sep 2011 at 7:13

• Changed state: WontFix

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Should be fixed in v0.80.0

Original comment by cdekter on 19 Sep 2011 at 12:32

• Changed state: Fixed

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I'm having this problem in the QT-AutoKey 0.90.4. The character ⇒ (=>) is not 
inserted even though the trigger works. Changing to the clipboard method is no 
better: it inserts whatever is stored in the clipboard, instead of the desired 
character. I'm using KDE 4.8.4, and also running Klipper.

Original comment by tlauniai...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2012 at 8:05

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Same issue here using the version provided in Ubuntu 12.10. This is really a 
bummer since I heavily depend on inserting Greek letters in my presentations... 

Original comment by mariano....@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2012 at 5:00

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Still exist in Version 0.90.1

Original comment by gr...@grizz.pl on 4 Feb 2013 at 8:06

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Still exist in current version.
I'm able to type ą ę ś ć ź into the configuration window,
but then when the abbreviation is used (keyboard method),
those characters are missing in the entered text.

Also pasting via clipboard does not work at all (nothing is pasted).

Ubuntu GTK, polish keyboard layout.

Original comment by admi...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2014 at 8:01

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Simulating character input by typing unicode character number seems to work.

This script produces š

keyboard.send_keys("<ctrl>+<shift>+u161\n")

You can use this table to find the number of your long lost characters 
http://unicode-table.com/en

Original comment by damjan.k...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2014 at 12:47

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Thanks. That will be a big help.

-- 
Ian W. Scott, PhD (McMaster RS)
Associate Professor of New Testament
Tyndale Seminary
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.ian-w-scott.com

*Paul's Way of Knowing: Story, Experience and the Spirit* (WUNT II/205;
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2006/Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008).

*The Online Critical Pseudepigrapha* (Atlanta: Society of Biblical
Literature, 2006-). Online: http://www.purl.org/net/ocp.

Original comment by scotti...@gmail.com on 30 Apr 2014 at 6:52

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Sadly, I can't make Damjan's code work. Fresh install of Autokey on Ubuntu 
14.04. In the best case, it gives me "161" as a literal. In the worst case, 
when testing with u2014 (one of my actual characters of interest), it 
intermittently gave me random-ish subsets of the literal "2014." :-( Bummer...

Original comment by erikpi...@gmail.com on 6 May 2014 at 10:43

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Also using 14.04, Xubuntu here; I can't get the Unicode to work right 
either...notfixed as far as I can tell.

Original comment by la...@thehaverkamps.net on 18 Aug 2014 at 9:48

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using ubuntu 14.10, autokey-gtk 0.90.4. Unicode characters are not inserted

Original comment by mihail.b...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2014 at 5:50