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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox to LOCalc characterset translation
From:       tastytea <gentoo () tastytea ! de>
Date:       2022-03-27 22:32:29
Message-ID: 20220328003229.7c528d19 () ventiloplattform ! tastytea ! de
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On 2022-03-27 23:13+0100 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, 27 March 2022 23:04:21 BST tastytea wrote:
> > On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:  
> > > I can't explain why the following cut 'n paste problem happens
> > > when I select some symbols within text in Firefox and then try to
> > > insert by middle-click in LibreOffice Calc.
> > > 
> > > If I select the symbols for  £ (GBP), or € (Euro) and middle click
> > > upon a cell in LOCalc, a window pops up asking "Select the
> > > Language to Use for Import".  I leave it to "Automatic" which is
> > > the default setting and the symbol plus any text is pasted with
> > > the same format as the webpage.  The symbols are then displayed
> > > correctly in LOCalc.
> > > 
> > > However, if I enter a cell by double clicking on it, or by
> > > clicking in the edit bar, then middle click to enter the
> > > selection, both  £ and € symbols are entered in some strange code
> > > - e.g. \u20ac  
> > 
> > I don't know why it is doing that or how to fix it, but the strange
> > code is a unicode code point. You can enter it in many terminal
> > emulators by pressing Control + Shift + u and then 20ac + Enter or
> > display it with echo "\u20ac".
> > 
> > Kind regards, tastytea  
> 
> Hmm ... I wonder if my setup is wrong?  This is what I get in UXterm
> and Konsole:
> 
> $ echo "\u20ac"
> \u20ac

Ah sorry, in bash that's echo -e "\u20ac". I was testing with zsh,
where -e is enabled by default.

> My locale.gen contains "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" so I naively assumed
> applications would be able to translate code into characters.  Well,
> other applications do with LOCalc, but Firefox won't.  :-/


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