[Bug 21413] New: Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

Summary: Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.27
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Created an attachment (id=25789)
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Polish "a" letter

I'm using Wine 1.1.36 on Fedora 12 32 bit. I use en_US locale.

I installed Polish version of MS Office 2003 and then I did:

1) hold right alt key
2) press "a"
3) release all keys

Behaviour:
Nothing happened

Expected behaviour:
Polish "a" letter should appear as in attachment.

Terminal output:

fixme:storage:Storage_ConstructTransacted Unimplemented flags 110022
fixme:storage:StgCreateDocfile Storage share mode not implemented.
fixme:storage:StgCreateStorageEx Stub: calling StgCreateDocfile, but ignoring
pStgOptions and grfAttrs
fixme:storage:StgCreateDocfile Storage share mode not implemented.
fixme:storage:StorageImpl_Commit (0x1b0b00 4): stub
fixme:storage:StorageImpl_Commit (0x1b0b00 4): stub
fixme:storage:StorageImpl_Commit (0x1b0b00 4): stub
fixme:storage:StgCreateDocfile Storage share mode not implemented.
fixme:storage:StgCreateDocfile Storage share mode not implemented.
fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x33f7c0) using GetSystemInfo()

Additional info:

1) The letter should also appear when I type Alt+0105 but it isn't the case.
2) I can type Polish "a" letter in described way in OpenOffice

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

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[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio   2010-01-18 23:17:06 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Created an attachment (id=25789)

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> Polish "a" letter
>
> I'm using Wine 1.1.36 on Fedora 12 32 bit. I use en_US locale.
>
> I installed Polish version of MS Office 2003 and then I did:
> - hold right alt key
> - press "a"
> - release all keys
>
> Behaviour:
> Nothing happened
>
> Expected behaviour:
> Polish "a" letter should appear as in attachment.

Have you tested this in Windows? Alt-a is Word 2003's default shortcut key for
Table=>Autofit, and that's what it brings up on my system in both Wine and
Windows. However, I do have the U.S. version, and it's possible that the Polish
version has different default shortcuts.
> - The letter should also appear when I type Alt+0105 but it isn't the case.

That's not the correct shortcut. You have to type 0105, then press Alt-x. It
works for me in both Wine and Window.

You can also do it through the menu, Insert=>Symbol.
> - I can type Polish "a" letter in described way in OpenOffice

That's irrelevant. Open Office's keyboard shortcuts are not the same as
Microsoft Office's, in Windows or Wine.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

--- Comment #2 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 00:48:01 ---
What's your locale?

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--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 00:49:09 ---
> I'm using Wine 1.1.36 on Fedora 12 32 bit. I use en_US locale.

I see. That's your problem. Use appropriate locale.

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Dmitry Timoshkov  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 00:49:20 ---
Closing invalid.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #5 from NSLW   2010-01-19 02:40:19 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Have you tested this in Windows? Alt-a is Word 2003's default shortcut key for
> Table=>Autofit, and that's what it brings up on my system in both Wine and
> Windows. However, I do have the U.S. version, and it's possible that the     > Polish
> version has different default shortcuts.

Maybe LEFT Alt+a is shortcut for Table=>Autofit, I don't know because I don't
use it, but RIGHT Alt+a is shortcut for Polish "a" letter.
> > - The letter should also appear when I type Alt+0105 but it isn't the case.
>
> That's not the correct shortcut. You have to type 0105, then press Alt-x. It
> works for me in both Wine and Window.
>
> You can also do it through the menu, Insert=>Symbol.

Yes indeed, both works perfectly.
> > - I can type Polish "a" letter in described way in OpenOffice
>
> That's irrelevant. Open Office's keyboard shortcuts are not the same as
> Microsoft Office's, in Windows or Wine.

There are the same for MS Office and OpenOffice. In every program when I want
to write Polish "a" letter I have to use RIGHT Alt+a. It's universal.

(In reply to comment #3)
> > I'm using Wine 1.1.36 on Fedora 12 32 bit. I use en_US locale.
>
> I see. That's your problem. Use appropriate locale.

It doesn't help when I use pl_PL. I can add that my keyboard layout both in
en_US and pl_PL is:
Country:Poland
Variants:Poland

It allows me to type Polish letter "a" in both locales by doing RIGHT Alt+a in
every program but not in MS Word 2003 and MS Word 2007.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #6 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 04:45:31 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> It allows me to type Polish letter "a" in both locales by doing RIGHT Alt+a in
> every program but not in MS Word 2003 and MS Word 2007.

What output produces 'xev' when you press RAlt+a there? Please attach xev
output.

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--- Comment #7 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 04:47:01 ---
And it doesn't really matter what your keyboard layout is if your locale is
wrong.

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--- Comment #8 from NSLW   2010-01-19 06:02:54 ---
Created an attachment (id=25793)
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terminal output from xev

(In reply to comment #7)
> And it doesn't really matter what your keyboard layout is if your locale is
> wrong.

Actually it does matter for me because if:

a) 
locale: en_US or pl_PL
keyboard layout: USA
result: I cannot type Polish "a" letter

b) 
locale: en_US or pl_PL
keyboard layout: Poland
result: I can type Polish "a" letter

I'm attaching terminal output from xev when locale is en_US and keyboard layout
is Poland.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2010-01-19 10:16:32 ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Have you tested this in Windows? Alt-a is Word 2003's default shortcut key for
> > Table=>Autofit, and that's what it brings up on my system in both Wine and
> > Windows. However, I do have the U.S. version, and it's possible that the     > Polish
> > version has different default shortcuts.
>
> Maybe LEFT Alt+a is shortcut for Table=>Autofit, I don't know because I don't
> use it, but RIGHT Alt+a is shortcut for Polish "a" letter.

On Windows XP with office 2003, both right and left Alt + a gives
Table=>Autofit.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

--- Comment #10 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 10:24:26 ---
Can you reproduce the problem with 'wine notepad'? If yes, please generate
a +key,+keyboard,+event,+x11drv log, 'bzip2 -9' and attach it.

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--- Comment #11 from Rosanne DiMesio   2010-01-19 13:18:18 ---
If you want MS Word to use alt-a to insert a Polish a, just assign it to that
shortcut:

Insert=>Symbol
Select the character you want to assign to a key
Click the Shortcut Key button
Press alt-a (or whatever key combination you want)
Click Assign
Click Close

Works fine on my system, even with the en_US locale and keyboard.

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--- Comment #12 from NSLW   2010-01-19 15:24:48 ---
Created an attachment (id=25800)
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WINEDEBUG=+key,+keyboard,+event,+x11drv on Wine 1.1.36

(In reply to comment #10)
> Can you reproduce the problem with 'wine notepad'? If yes, please generate
> a +key,+keyboard,+event,+x11drv log, 'bzip2 -9' and attach it.

Log is in attachement. Locale en_US , keyboard layout: Poland.

(In reply to comment #11)
> If you want MS Word to use alt-a to insert a Polish a, just assign it to that
> shortcut:

And how would you do that for notepad?

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--- Comment #13 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-19 23:52:28 ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> > Can you reproduce the problem with 'wine notepad'? If yes, please generate
> > a +key,+keyboard,+event,+x11drv log, 'bzip2 -9' and attach it.
>
> Log is in attachement. Locale en_US , keyboard layout: Poland.

Thanks. According to the log correct unicode character is generated but
because of Alt being pressed WM_SYSCHAR message gets generated instead of
WM_CHAR. That's unavoidable, that's how Alt modifier is supposed to work
under win32. I'd say that this is wontfix.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #14 from NSLW   2010-01-20 01:39:55 ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> Thanks. According to the log correct unicode character is generated but
> because of Alt being pressed WM_SYSCHAR message gets generated instead of
> WM_CHAR. That's unavoidable, that's how Alt modifier is supposed to work
> under win32. I'd say that this is wontfix.

It works somehow on MS Windows. At least for MS Word I've got easy fix from
Rosanne DiMesio, thank you.

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--- Comment #15 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-20 03:19:17 ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> It works somehow on MS Windows.

Which version of Windows have you tested it on? Does it work in MS Office
and notepad? And what exactly is the observed behaviour under Windows?

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #16 from NSLW   2010-01-20 03:53:18 ---
(In reply to comment #15)
> (In reply to comment #14)
> > It works somehow on MS Windows.
>
> Which version of Windows have you tested it on? Does it work in MS Office
> and notepad? And what exactly is the observed behaviour under Windows?

I tested Polish version of MS Windows XP with Service Pack 3. At the moment I
haven't got MS Office installed on XP but I assure you that RALT+a types Polish
"a" letter. I can prove that it does work in notepad though.

I start notepad then I do RALT+a and Polish "a" letter appears just like every
other letter from Latin alphabet. This behaviour is for every Polish version of
MS Windows in every notepad and in every program on MS Windows. It would be
very annoying and hard to write Polish words if it wouldn't be so.

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

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--- Comment #17 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-20 04:26:50 ---
Perhaps you could investigate with some tool like spy++ which keyboard messages
get generated when you press RAlt+a. It would be also interesting to find out
all keyboard shortcuts which are handlded differently, and whether the
behaviour
depends on keyboard layout (english vs. polish).

[Bug 21413] Cannot type language specific letters in MS Word

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21413

--- Comment #18 from NSLW   2010-01-20 12:45:20 ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> Perhaps you could investigate with some tool like spy++ which keyboard messages

Could you give any alternative for spy++, or link to download spy++?

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--- Comment #19 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-21 02:46:08 ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> Could you give any alternative for spy++, or link to download spy++?

I don't know an alternative, spy++ is a part of the Visual C++ product.

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--- Comment #20 from NSLW   2010-01-24 05:39:11 ---
Created an attachment (id=25849)
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Notepad with RAlt+{a, e, c, n, l, z, x} keyboard layout Polish

(In reply to comment #17)
> Perhaps you could investigate with some tool like spy++ which keyboard messages
> get generated when you press RAlt+a. It would be also interesting to find out
> all keyboard shortcuts which are handlded differently, and whether the
> behaviour
> depends on keyboard layout (english vs. polish).

I started Notepad then spy++ and did:

1) hold Right Alt
2) press KEY
3) release Right Alt

I did that for KEY= {a, e, c, n, l, z, x} with English and Polish keyboard
layout. When keyboard layout was Polish I get output as seen in attachment.
When keyboard layout was English none of letters had been displayed. In next
attachment there is an log with messages from Notepad. If it's not complete
then please tell me what check-boxes should I mark before longing messages.

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--- Comment #21 from NSLW   2010-01-24 05:40:14 ---
Created an attachment (id=25850)
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Spy++ log, keyboard layout PL

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--- Comment #22 from NSLW   2010-01-24 05:41:11 ---
Created an attachment (id=25851)
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Spy++ log, keyboard layout EN

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--- Comment #23 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-24 22:21:50 ---
Please attach plain text files.

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--- Comment #24 from Vitaliy Margolen   2010-01-25 00:01:46 ---
They kind of are... only in ucs-2. You can recode them with 'recode co..utf-8'
(this is for poster to recode them and attach plain text _ascii_ files).

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--- Comment #25 from NSLW   2010-01-25 01:24:38 ---
Created an attachment (id=25879)
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Spy++ log, keyboard layout PL

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--- Comment #26 from NSLW   2010-01-25 01:25:11 ---
Created an attachment (id=25880)
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Spy++ log, keyboard layout EN

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--- Comment #27 from Dmitry Timoshkov   2010-01-25 01:33:15 ---
(In reply to comment #25)
> Created an attachment (id=25879)

--> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=25879) [details]
> Spy++ log, keyboard layout PL

Something is going strange in this log, Ctrl key is being pressed either
by you, or its press is being emulated.

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--- Comment #28 from NSLW   2010-01-25 01:34:42 ---
(In reply to comment #27)
> (In reply to comment #25)
> > Created an attachment (id=25879)

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> > Spy++ log, keyboard layout PL
>
> Something is going strange in this log, Ctrl key is being pressed either
> by you, or its press is being emulated.

I'm 100% sure that I don't press Ctrl key. If I would do that then no letter
would appear.

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--- Comment #29 from NSLW   2010-02-10 07:35:54 ---
What's the status of this bug? Is it WONTFIX or can I expect to see it fixed in
near future?

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--- Comment #30 from Ken Sharp   2010-05-27 19:05:51 ---
This works fine for me in the latest git, can you try again?

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--- Comment #31 from NSLW   2010-05-28 03:14:30 ---
(In reply to comment #30)
> This works fine for me in the latest git, can you try again?

Indeed the problem is fixed since Wine 1.2-rc1. Thanks everyone who worked on
fixing that issue.

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Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #32 from Alexandre Julliard   2010-05-28 12:51:13 ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.2-rc2.