Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ibus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ibus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845332 Title: Compose key does not create strings Status in ibus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: According to manual https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ComposeKey it is possible to define sequences to type characters and strings with Compose key. In Ubuntu 18.04 sequences work for characters but not for strings, line like this: <Multi_key> <b> <t> <w> : "by the way" # Compose b t w seems to be ignored. $ apt-cache policy ibus ibus: Installed: 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 Candidate: 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 Version table: *** 1.5.17-3ubuntu5.2 500 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.5.17-3ubuntu4 500 500 http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages This problem first reported at Dec 11 '18 and also exists in Kubuntu 18.04 (see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1099947/how-to-use- xcompose-to-produce-snippets). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus/+bug/1845332/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp