kdesu shows two "stars" for a single character entered with dead keys
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdelibs |
Confirmed
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Medium
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kde4libs (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kdebase-bin
For every character entered with the help of dead keys (like " + a = ä), kdesu shows two stars [or whatever these are called] in the password dialogue, even though 'ä' is a single character. Thus, a single star would be expected just like for any other character; the two stars shown signal to the user that he mistyped something and the special character was not properly formed.
Despite the obvious confusion, the password is accepted and the requested program starts fine.
Does not happen with "deadkey + SPACEBAR" (used to form the character of the dead key itself); In this case kdesu shows only a single star as expected.
edgy with kde 3.5.6 from kubuntu.org
Changed in kdelibs: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in kdelibs: | |
status: | New → Unknown |
affects: | kdelibs (Ubuntu) → kde4libs (Ubuntu) |
Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in kdelibs: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
Changed in kdelibs: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
This is not just with dead keys, but also with non-english characters typed with a different keyboard layout (russian phonetic in my case).