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ctomer (launchpad-stomer) wrote : Romanian keyboard layout has incorrect characters

Description of problem:
The Romanian letters Ş and Ţ are incorrectly represented when the Romanian keyboard is selected. Ş and Ţ are both incorrectly represent using cedillas instead of commas.
The incorrect Unicode characters are U015E (S with a cedilla), U015F (s with a cedilla), U0162 (T with a cedilla) şi U0163 (t with a cedilla)
The correct Unicode characters are U0218 (S with a comma), U0219 (s with a comma), U021A (T with a comma) şi U021B (t with a comma)

The rules relating to the the Romanian language are dictated by the Academia Romana, and they have provided specific advice regarding the representation of Romanian characters:
http://www.secarica.ro/InstitLingvTastatura-20031008.pdf (in Romanian)

For more precise information as to the why the cedilla's are incorrect:
http://www.secarica.ro/html/s-uri_si_t-uri.html (in Romanian):

Steps to reproduce:
1. Download and burn Ubuntu, either 6.10 or 7.04.
2. Boot any PC using the CD.
3. When the OS has loaded, select System > Preferences > Keyboard
4. Select Layouts
5. Click on Add
6. Select Romania > Standard, then Ok
7. Select Romania Standard, and move it to the top of the list.
8. Close
9. Select Applications > Accessories > Text Editor
10. Using a British keyboard, press the keys marked ; and ' (both are just to the right hand side of the letter L)

Actual results:
ş and ţ appear with cedillas.

Expected results:
ş and ţ to appear with commas.

Notes:
The Romanian keyboard layout on Mac OS X 10.4.9 works as expected, as does Windows Vista. Windows XP and below are broken like Ubuntu (and most likely other distros too).