Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox to LOCalc characterset translation

[Michael]

On Sunday, 27 March 2022 23:04:21 BST tastytea wrote:
> On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <confabulate@××××××××.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


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.  :-/