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Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in gnome-text-editor (in X11 session)

Bug #2064025 reported by Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes
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Bug Description

In the GNOME text editor, after typing an accent (e.g., "~"), the symbol remains visible at the cursor location instead of disappearing after subsequent character input.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-text-editor 46.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-31.31-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.498
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: seed-dir (/var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud)
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 28 16:47:16 2024
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gnome-text-editor
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes) wrote :
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Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes) wrote (last edit ):

Upstream bug tracker (GNOME Text Editor):
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/issues/667

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Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes) wrote (last edit ):

The upstream bug tracker was moved to (GTK):
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/6676

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Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes) wrote :

I conducted some tests:

Ubuntu 24.04:
GNOME Text Editor version: 46.1
gtk4-launch --version: 4.14.2
Results:
- X11: the bug happens.
- Wayland: no problem.

Ubuntu 22.04:
GNOME Text Editor version: 42.2
gtk4-launch --version: 4.6.9
Results:
- X11: no problem.
- Wayland: no problem.

Fedora 40:
GNOME Text Editor version: 46.1
gtk4-launch --version: 4.14.2
Results:
- X11: no problem.
- Wayland: no problem.

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It also looks to me to be Ubuntu 24.04 specific (with X11).

summary: - Accented characters persisting in GNOME Text Editor
+ Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor with X11
+ session
summary: - Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor with X11
- session
+ Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor (X11
+ session)
summary: - Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor (X11
+ Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor (in X11
session)
summary: - Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in Text Editor (in X11
- session)
+ Ubuntu 24.04: Accented characters persisting in gnome-text-editor (in
+ X11 session)
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Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes) wrote (last edit ):

We suspect that the root cause is the ibus.

A workaround to fix this problem is running:
GTK_IM_MODULE=simple gnome-text-editor

Furthermore, I have opened an issue in ibus upstream:
https://github.com/ibus/ibus/issues/2637

no longer affects: gtk4 (Ubuntu)
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report and for helping to investigate with upstreams!

Changed in ibus (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in gnome-text-editor (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in ibus:
status: Unknown → New
Cristiano Fraga G. Nunes (cfgnunes)
no longer affects: gnome-text-editor (Ubuntu)
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