Bug 3447

Summary:	Composition from FreeCompose not entered in any textfield
Product:	Claws Mail (Windows)	Reporter:	andreas.kirschner
Component:	default	Assignee:	users
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.10.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7

Description andreas.kirschner 2015-06-23 20:17:42 UTC

I am using FreeCompose from https://code.google.com/p/freecompose/ to type german umlaute e.g. ä or ß on us keyboard layout. This works like a charm except in claws mail, where my composition is not entered into any textfield. 

Reproduction:
1. Open any Dialog in Claws Mail where plain text can be entered, e.g. mail composition.
2. Type <compose-key>"a
3. no ä appears, simply no character at all appears.
4. the sequence in general is processed from freecompose, i guess, because the letters " and a do not appear. Simply the result is somehow suppresed in claws.

I am using Shift-Lock as compose key, but have tried others.

Comment 1 Andrej Kacian 2015-06-24 09:28:07 UTC

Claws Mail is using GTK+ library for its user interface, and there is a bug in GTK+ causing it not to work with FreeCompose. See FreeCompose FAQ:
https://code.google.com/p/freecompose/wiki/FreeComposeFAQ

Next Claws Mail Windows release (coming soon) will have latest 2.24, which has this bug fixed. I am closing this bug for now, feel free to reopen if the issue persists with the new release.