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  1. Bug #746761
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 746761

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Simos Xenitellis  (simosx) wrote : Re: can't type characters with accent

The issue here is that all gtk+ applications have their own knowledge of dead keys (accents), so if an application is a gtk+ application, accents work just fine.

If an application is not a gtk+ application, then the app has to use the dead keys that are configured from the X server. It's normally the file
/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose

The above refer to
1. dead key Compose sequences (such as dead_acute + a = á)
2. general Compose sequences (such as Compose + o + c = ©)

I did not try the specific app; if it's a gtk+ app, it should work just fine, perhaps some minor change
If it is not a gtk+ app, then you need to check the XOrg settings.

To figure out whether XOrg deadkeys work, start 'xterm' and try to type a compose sequence. If it does not work, then it's a XOrg problem. It it works on xterm, then it's a Unity app thing (so, it's easy to fix).

Last, if you have IBus activated and enabled, it may also mess up with all these.