Comment 14 for bug 736153

> Aleksandr, try running gnome-keyboard-properties from the command line

This pulls up the Keyboard configuration window. And then?

FWIW, I think it's an issue with handling OpenType features like GSUB.
But I am not an expert at this stuff.

A

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Rolf Leggewie
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Aleksandr, try running gnome-keyboard-properties from the command line
> and see if you can get the right configuration from there.  I've got a
> hunch that it's either a configuration problem or bug in that program.
>
> Assigning to gnome-control-center for further triage.
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
>
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> Title:
>  Unicode variation selectors not supported
>
> Status in LibreOffice:
>  New
> Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  I'm trying to typeset some texts in ancient Mongolian and Phags-pa,
>  both of which have been included in Unicode. For Mongolian, I've
>  installed the ttf-manchufont package. For Phags-pa, I've used the font
>  available here: http://babelstone.blogspot.com/2006/12/phags-pa-
>  shaping-behaviour.html
>
>  Both languages use the Unicode Variation Selectors. In a nutshell, the
>  combination character + variation selector should change the
>  representation of the character to a different variant. See the table
>  of Standardised Unicode variants here:
>  http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.html
>
>  The expected behavior does not work in any of the packages I've tried
>  (gedit, gimp and OpenOffice). Instead, the variation selector remains
>  as it's own character and the preceding character is unmodified (see
>  attachment).
>
>  This is NOT an issue with the fonts because:
>  a. The fonts have the appropriate substitutions defined, as can be observed by editing the fonts in e.g. fontforge.
>  b. The expected behavior happens in WIndows 7 using these fonts.
>
>  This is an issue with whatever package handles Unicode glyph
>  substitution.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Wed Mar 16 10:30:20 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
>  MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7576
>  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-27-generic root=UUID=136a2918-79f6-4777-a8b5-b9d86515a24b ro quiet splash
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: xorg
>  Symptom: display
>  dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2009
>  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>  dmi.bios.version: V4.0
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>  dmi.board.name: 790GX-G65 (MS-7576)
>  dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
>  dmi.board.version: 1.0
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
>  dmi.chassis.type: 3
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
>  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV4.0:bd12/17/2009:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7576:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rn790GX-G65(MS-7576):rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0:
>  dmi.product.name: MS-7576
>  dmi.product.version: 1.0
>  dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
>  glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  system:
>   distro:             Ubuntu
>   codename:           maverick
>   architecture:       x86_64
>   kernel:             2.6.35-27-generic
>
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