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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <518056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2015-03-31 17:15, Leandro wrote:
> First, I tried to apply the pt_BR.UTF-8 locale (using export
> LC_CTYPE="pt_BR.UTF8") but the language pack was not installed, 
> therefore the workaround would only work after installing the
> language pack, probably that will create the same kind of confusion
> that the workarounds create now.

Actually it's not necessary that the language packs are installed, but
the locale needs to be generated. If you set a Brazil location for the
time zone in the installer, you'll end up with "pt_BR.UTF-8" generated
to begin with, so in those cases there shouldn't be a reason for user
confusion.

Otherwise the locale can be generated either by installing the Brazilian
Portuguese language via Language Support or by running this command:

sudo locale-gen pt_BR.UTF-8

> Anyway, I installed it, and then I could export the LC_CTYPE. I
> launched a session of gedit and within that gedit session the ç
> appeared correctly. However, at the same terminal from where I
> launched gedit the cedilla continued to appear as an accented "c",
> and the same for new terminals launched from that terminal. That is,
> changing the LC_CTYPE environment variable did not work system-wide.

Let me guess: You exported LC_CTYPE in a terminal window and then
launched gedit from there. That doesn't work for me either.

One way to test it properly is to edit your ~/.profile file by adding
this line:

  export LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8

and then log out and log in again.

For me it works in the terminal, in gedit, in LibreOffice, and in HTML
forms in Firefox.

> At the same time, although there could a combination of
> Language/Region/Keyboard that provided the correct behaviour, I am
> not sure if forcing a specific language for the interface is a
> reasonable solution to that problem.

But we wouldn't force the display language. The LC_CTYPE environment
variable would get its value automatically through either of these
options:

* Set Brazilian Portuguese as the display language, OR

* Set Brazilian Portuguese as the regional formats.

Both those are controlled via the Language Support GUI, so the user
wouldn't need to open a terminal window to fix it.

In addition to that, if you don't want to have Brazilian Portuguese as
the display language or the regional formats setting, you can export
LC_CTYPE manually in ~/.profile as shown above.

And, again, if the user sets a Brazil location for time zone when
installing, the regional formats will be Brazilian Portuguese
automatically.

Please note that these things work differently today compared to how it
worked when you filed this bug report five years ago. ;)

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Title:
  cedilla appears as accented c (ć instead of ç) when typing 'c

Status in central project for keyboard configuration:
  Confirmed
Status in gtk+2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in xkeyboard-config package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  
  When typing in a US-international keyboard with dead-keys (or UK-international), 
  typing 'c results in an accented c instead of a cedilla.

  There is a workaround, which is editing the

  /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodule-files.d/libgtk2.0-0.immodules

  file and changing the line

  "cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale"
  "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa"

  to

  "cedilla" "Cedilla" "gtk20" "/usr/share/locale"
  "az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa:en"

  (add the 'en' at the end).

  However, every time some update on this file is applied, one looses the change,
  and we get back to the accented c. That means having to modify the file again,
  logout and login.

  For me this is no problem. But for my brother, mom, dad, etc, it is always something
  that at least makes me less proud of having convinced them to use Ubuntu, because
  they don't know what to do each time this happens.

  I think we really need a configurable keyboard layout, or at least (and that would
  be very easy), the inclusion of alternate layouts on install that for the dead-key
  options (as US-deadkey and UK-deakey), alternate layouts as US-deadkey-cedilla.

  This change is relevant for at least Portuguese and French.

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