No ë in Libreoffice

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Hi

I’ve got a strange behaviour in Plasma:

When I wanna type a ë, I have to type the key ¨ and then the e, so I got an ë.
This works well in Firefox, Thunderbird and other Programs, except Libreoffice and KDE-Settings.
In fact, I configured a layout of German (switzerland) in KDE Settings->Input devices ->Keyboard.
In the same same category, I tested my layou in KDE Settings->Input devices->Hardware->Test Area and no chance to get an ë, whereas it works well in Firefox or thunderbird.

Can somebody help me please?

Thanks in advance

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Have you tried installing the language pack for libreoffice?

pamac install libreoffice-still-de

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It’s likely a different language pack that is needed
because:
the “ë” character
is not part of the german alphabet. :wink:
As far as I know, swizerland/swiss is a mix of french, italian, german - perhaps even spanish, but now my ignorance probably really shines …

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Yep, I was guessing as well.

5

I do not know which language the “ë” character is a part of.
Definitley not german, and pretty sure it’s not italian or french either.
As a swiss person - or as someone who wants to write that character
you’d probably have to enable (and generate) the appropriate locale

I know how to do that on a pure system level - but not how that would be done from inside KDE - or whether that is even possible.

locale
and how to generate and enable them - in order to be available should you happen to need them
is what one wants to look for, I guess

6

I correct this, ë can be found in French, although rare.

It can be found in Noël by example (Christmas).

7

indeed I even recognize this (Noël) now …
… as I said - my ignorance is likely showing :wink:

(learning french is on my list …)

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In fact, I am in Luxembourg and need it for writing Luxembourgish. We do use here a french/swiss keyboard as we do writings in french and in german. I will try to generate lb locales and give the hopefully answer later on.

Thanks

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Nope. It doesn’t work. I have now set my localectl:
localectl  :heavy_check_mark:
System Locale: LANG=de_LU.UTF-8
VC Keymap: sg
X11 Layout: ch
X11 Model: microsoftmult
X11 Variant: fr

Perhaps it has something to do with the VC Keymap (Virtual Console I think)?

I have generated all locale with LU in it (fr_LU, de_LU…)

My locale:
locale  :heavy_check_mark:
LANG=lb_LU.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_NUMERIC=de_LU.UTF-8
LC_TIME=de_LU.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=lb_LU.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=de_LU.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_PAPER=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_NAME=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_ADDRESS=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_TELEPHONE=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_MEASUREMENT=de_LU.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=“lb_LU.UTF-8”
LC_ALL=

I can’t type an ö or an ä in Libreoffice by typing the ¨ key and then the letter o either, which exists in german language.

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I have a fresh installation of Manjaro on my laptop. Here, all works as expected. I then have a ressource what values work for me.
My locales on the laptop:
locale  1 ✘
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_NUMERIC=lb_LU
LC_TIME=lb_LU
LC_COLLATE=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_MONETARY=lb_LU
LC_MESSAGES=“en_US.UTF-8”
LC_PAPER=lb_LU
LC_NAME=lb_LU
LC_ADDRESS=lb_LU
LC_TELEPHONE=lb_LU
LC_MEASUREMENT=lb_LU
LC_IDENTIFICATION=lb_LU
LC_ALL=
localectl status:
System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=lb_LU
LC_TIME=lb_LU
LC_MONETARY=lb_LU
LC_PAPER=lb_LU
LC_NAME=lb_LU
LC_ADDRESS=lb_LU
LC_TELEPHONE=lb_LU
LC_MEASUREMENT=lb_LU
LC_IDENTIFICATION=lb_LU
VC Keymap: fr_CH
X11 Layout: ch
X11 Variant: fr

I don’t know exactly how to configure these values on the other machine.

Thanks for an explanation.