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[Bug 1396637] Re: deads keys / accented characters stop working on Libreoffice after windows loses focus

 

Same here: Kubuntu 14.10, LibreOffice 4.3.3.2, spanish localization.

This makes installed LO unusable for me. Alternatives: XMODIFIERS
workaround; reinstall gnome LO; use alternative software: calligra, OO;
abiword... None of them is satisfying. Provided office package  should
be completely usable.

Found some reports in the web:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/564862/accented-letters-cant-be-typed-after-alttab
http://askubuntu.com/questions/451840/accents-stop-working-all-of-a-sudden-in-libreoffice

Some comments:

"I solved it in my system by removing libreoffice-kde and keeping
libreoffice-gnone."

"It seems other similar issues may be related to this package
combination (KDE, ibus, libreoffice-kde)"

"What helped to me was to remove libreoffice-kde package."

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396637

Title:
  deads keys / accented characters stop working on Libreoffice after
  windows loses focus

Status in ibus package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  deads keys / accented characters stop working on Libreoffice after
  windows loses focus

  On Ubuntu 14.04 with KDE:

  1. open libreoffice
  2. write áéíóú
  3. click on another window or use alt+tab
  4. clock on libreoffice window or use alt+tab
  5. write áéíóu and get aeiou instead

  The situation can be worked around by running

  unset XMODIFIERS
  libreoffice

  from a terminal.

  We can certainly set unset XMODIFIERS on

  /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/soffice

  but that will not survice libreoffice upgrades.

  We could also unset XMODIFIERS on .bash_profile but we want the
  workaround to be limited to libreoffice without causing side effects
  on other apps.

  Conclusion: we need a solution that comes directly from Ubuntu's
  repositories.

  Any comments?

  We are available for further debugging and testing.

  Note: there are similar bug reports published but this is the closest
  one

  https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71437

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