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Bug#234355: xlibs: .../locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose: <dead_diaeresis> <space> produces a diaeresis



tag 234355 + moreinfo upstream
reassign 234355 xlibs-data
retitle 234355 xlibs-data: would rather <ead_diaeresis> <space> produced quotedbl instead of diaeresis
severity 234355 wishlist
thanks

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:53:19PM +0100, Carlos wrote:
> Package: xlibs
> Version: 4.3.0-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> This is very annoying! I can no longer get a quotedbl (") by pressing
> <dead_diaeresis> <space>, as it was always. Why this change? A
> diaeresis can still be produced with <dead_diaeresis>
> <dead_diaeresis>, should anybody need it (!?).
> 
> I suggest you to apply the following patch. I hope there's no plans to
> change <dead_acute> <space> to produce an useles <acute> instead of an
> apostrophe... Why do people change things they don't use??

I am sorry, but I am reluctant to break with upstream practice on this
issue without understanding the underlying issue a little better.

[debian-x list:

Isn't there an ISO standard for multi-key sequences somewhere? ]

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