[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]
Re: [tor-bugs] #17329 [Tor Browser]: Can't type some special characters in text fields
#17329: Can't type some special characters in text fields
-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------
Reporter: etienne | Owner:
Type: defect | arthuredelstein
Priority: Medium | Status: needs_review
Component: Tor Browser | Milestone:
Severity: Normal | Version:
Keywords: tbb-usability, tbb-regression | Resolution:
Parent ID: | Actual Points:
Sponsor: | Points:
-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------
Changes (by arthuredelstein):
* status: assigned => needs_review
Comment:
Here's a patch to fix this problem, for review:
https://github.com/arthuredelstein/tor-
browser/commit/37d4e243f7ed4844e4b2388850b695aeea7ec9e8
It turns out that, on some Linux systems, using the "C" locale prevents
keyboard input of non-ASCII characters.
If we use the "C.UTF-8" locale instead, then the keyboard input problem
goes away. Windows does not have a "C.UTF-8" locale, so, in this patch,
will fall back to the "C" locale (which is available on every system). On
Windows, I confirmed that with the "C" locale, there is no keyboard input
problem for international characters (such as the French special
characters reported).
There is a concern that some odd versions of Linux may also lack a
"C.UTF-8" locale. In this case, formatting by the "C" locale is
distinguishable from the "C.UTF-8" locale. In order to fully avoid this
problem, I think we would need to re-implement the various methods of Date
(see #17355).
--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17329#comment:9>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online
_______________________________________________
tor-bugs mailing list
tor-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs