Package: xlibs-data Version: 1:7.2-5 Severity: normal Tags: l10n
This problem is recent, but I do not know when it started. The Compose file (/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose) now has wrong definitions for the Greek DASIA and PSILI symbols. So for instance when the keyboard is switched to Greek polytonic, "a no longer produces an alpha with dasia (ἁ). Instead, with Greek polytonic keyboard, the " key now produces a combining diacritical (supposed to be placed _after_ the sign they should combine with). Unfortunately, as is well known, combining diacriticals are very tricky things; many apps and fonts lack support for them. The problem can be cured by globally replacing, in the Compose file, U10000313 --> U0313 and U10000314 --> U0314 I suppose it can _also_ be cured by making the reverse substitution (U0313 --> U10000313 etc.) in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/gr, which is part of the xkb-data package; so it is unclear where the "blame" for this bug lies. Similar divergences between the "Compose" and "xkb/symbol" files have occurred before. Perhaps the fundamental solution is to introduce new named keysyms (proposal: dead_dasia for "314" and dead_psili for "313") for use in both files. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xlibs-data depends on: ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps ii xcursor-themes 1.0.1-5 Base X cursor themes xlibs-data recommends no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]