Comment 12 for bug 73240

I think this Bug needs a bit of discussion :-)

firstly, I could not reproduce a general dead key problem on several gutsy and hardy (32 bit and 64 bit) machines with a clean german install. The standard keyboard for german is always "generic 105 keys", and typing "^" + "a" will correctly produce "â". Does anyone with a newly installed german ubuntu really have a dead key problem?
Dead Keys also work if you boot to german from a LiveCD of Ubuntu or Xubuntu

secondly, it is true: one can not produce a "ñ" by typing "~" + "n". But this is the same in german Windows XP!
One can also not type a "å" by hitting "°" + "a" But this is also the same in Windows. Now I don't know anything about keyboard and localization standards, but this may not be a bug, but simply a standard.

thirdly, the "^^ issue" is imho not a bug! If you hit "^", the computer will wait for the next key to be pressed. Which would normally be something like the "o" key, to produce an "ô". If you don't want an accented letter, you hit the"^" key a second time, to get "^".
This is imho perfectly correct dead letter behaviour. Now I know that in Windows, hitting "^" twice will produce "^^", BUT THIS IS A BUG IN WINDOWS! How do you type a single "^" in Windows? You can't! I think that ubuntu handles the dead key "^" correctly.

so:
a) does anyone really have a dead key problem on a freshly installed german hardy (or LiveCD) ? (I think not!) But if they do, what are their keyboard settings and locale?

b) do you type an "ñ" by hitting "~" + "n"? If so, we may have a bug here. But then german Windows has the same problem!

c) the "^^ issue" is imho not a bug. How would you type a single "^"?