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On 2022-03-27 23:13+0100 Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sunday, 27 March 2022 23:04:21 BST tastytea wrote: |
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> > On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I can't explain why the following cut 'n paste problem happens |
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> > > when I select some symbols within text in Firefox and then try to |
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> > > insert by middle-click in LibreOffice Calc. |
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> > > |
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> > > If I select the symbols for £ (GBP), or € (Euro) and middle click |
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> > > upon a cell in LOCalc, a window pops up asking "Select the |
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> > > Language to Use for Import". I leave it to "Automatic" which is |
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> > > the default setting and the symbol plus any text is pasted with |
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> > > the same format as the webpage. The symbols are then displayed |
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> > > correctly in LOCalc. |
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> > > |
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> > > However, if I enter a cell by double clicking on it, or by |
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> > > clicking in the edit bar, then middle click to enter the |
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> > > selection, both £ and € symbols are entered in some strange code |
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> > > - e.g. \u20ac |
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> > |
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> > I don't know why it is doing that or how to fix it, but the strange |
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> > code is a unicode code point. You can enter it in many terminal |
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> > emulators by pressing Control + Shift + u and then 20ac + Enter or |
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> > display it with echo "\u20ac". |
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> > |
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> > Kind regards, tastytea |
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> Hmm ... I wonder if my setup is wrong? This is what I get in UXterm |
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> and Konsole: |
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> $ echo "\u20ac" |
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> \u20ac |
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Ah sorry, in bash that's echo -e "\u20ac". I was testing with zsh, |
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where -e is enabled by default. |
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> My locale.gen contains "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" so I naively assumed |
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> applications would be able to translate code into characters. Well, |
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> other applications do with LOCalc, but Firefox won't. :-/ |
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