[gentoo-user] Firefox to LOCalc characterset translation

[gentoo-user] Firefox to LOCalc characterset translation

[Michael]

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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

Other browsers do not exhibit this behaviour.  Firefox has been installed with 
these flags:

 Installed versions:  91.7.0(esr)(20:02:31 10/03/22)(clang dbus gmp-autoupdate 
openh264 system-av1 system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent 
system-libvpx system-webp wayland -debug -eme-free -geckodriver -hardened -
hwaccel -jack -lto -pgo -pulseaudio -screencast -selinux -sndio -system-png -
wifi CPU_FLAGS_ARM="-neon" L10N="en-GB -ach -af -an -ar -ast -az -be -bg -bn -
br -bs -ca -ca-valencia -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-CA -eo -es-AR -es-CL 
-es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -
hu -hy -ia -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mk -mr -ms -
my -nb -ne -nl -nn -oc -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -sco -si -sk -sl -son 
-sq -sr -sv -szl -ta -te -th -tl -tr -trs -uk -ur -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW")

and libreoffice with these:

     Installed versions:  7.2.5.2^s(08:42:14 03/02/22)(-offlinehelp L10N="en en-
GB -af -am -ar -as -ast -be -bg -bn -bn-IN -bo -br -brx -bs -ca -ca-valencia -
ckb -cs -cy -da -de -dgo -dsb -dz -el -en-ZA -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -fur -
fy -ga -gd -gl -gu -gug -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km 
-kmr-Latn -kn -ko -kok -ks -lb -lo -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mn -mni -mr -my -nb -
ne -nl -nn -nr -nso -oc -om -or -pa -pl -pt -pt-BR -ro -ru -rw -sa -sat -sd -
si -sid -sk -sl -sq -sr -sr-Latn -ss -st -sv -sw-TZ -szl -ta -te -tg -th -tn -
tr -ts -tt -ug -uk -uz -ve -vec -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW -zu")

Any idea why this is happening and how I could fix it?

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

[tastytea]

On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.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

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

[Michael]

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

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

[tastytea]

On 2022-03-27 23:13+0100 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:

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

Ah sorry, in bash that's echo -e "\u20ac". I was testing with zsh,
where -e is enabled by default.

> 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.  :-/