Ktouch allows untypeable characters in lectures and plain text files, making it impossible to finish the lesson

[Erik B. Andersen]

Binary package hint: ktouch

Problem:Ktouch allows characters that can't be typed with the current layout, making it so there is no possible way to finish the lesson.

Possible solutions:
Have ktouch remove all the characters that are untypeable with the current keyboard layout.
Have ktouch show you how to type the code for the character with alt or whatever.

[bjorn@erikbandersen:~]$ lsb_release -rd (10-21 13:35)
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
[bjorn@erikbandersen:~]$ apt-cache policy ktouch (10-21 13:35)
ktouch:
  Installed: 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[bjorn@erikbandersen:~]$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: ktouch 4:4.5.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: a869e808e24f1cd12a0b9ddfb6a9e84b
CheckboxSystem: fd6c484c0b5d20a2f1cd036ef0f63975
Date: Thu Oct 21 11:42:00 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100918)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_CTYPE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: kdeedu

[Erik B. Andersen (azendale)]

Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1)
OS: Linux

Both when I open a plain text file or a lecture I made with ktouch, it allows characters that I can't type with the current layout into the lesson. This means that I can't finish the lesson because it is impossible to type the character.
Some of the characters that I have run across that caused problems:Mdash, smart quotes, copyright symbols, etc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Make a plain text file with one of the following characters:Mdash, smart quotes, copyright symbols.
Open the plain text file (File > Open Plain Text File)
Try to finish the lesson, but notice that you can't since you get the special characters wrong and there is no way to correct them.

Make a lecture file with one of the following characters:Mdash, smart quotes, copyright symbols. (File > Edit Lecture. "Create a new lecture", etc).
Open the plain text file (File > Open Lecture)
Try to finish the lesson, but notice that you can't since you get the special characters wrong and there is no way to correct them.

Actual Results:
You cannot finish the lesson because it is impossible to type the characters.

Expected Results:
Not 100% which one of these:
+ When opening lecture/plain text files, characters not on the keyboard should be removed.
+ Show how to enter the code for the character with the alt key (or whatever key is used).
+ Make lecture editor remove characters not on the keyboard layout.

[Sebastiangottfried (sebastiangottfried)]

The lesson editor in version 2.0.0 highlights characters not available in the current lesson so there is now an effective QA instrument for this issue for the build-in courses.

Version 2.0.0 has currently no feature to train on plain text files (partly due to this issue), so no problem there.