#7474 HIGH 8.2.0 (: Compose keys not working for Amharic

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#7474: Compose keys not working for Amharic
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   Reporter:  sayamindu  |       Owner:  erikg               
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  assigned            
   Priority:  high       |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  keyboards  |     Version:  Update.1            
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:                      
Next_action:  diagnose   |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:             |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by sayamindu):

 * cc: sayamindu (added)


Comment:

 Some more info that I managed to figure out

 * olpc-session (from OLPC-utils) need a small patch (I'm attaching that)
 * You don't have to use the Compose key to make this work - sequences such
 as h + u should work directly.
 * The mappings are in /usr/share/X11/locale/am_ET.UTF-8/Compose
 * People claim that this has been working before. I have a nagging
 suspicion that this was not XKB in action, but the GTK Input Module for
 Ethiopian, which was selected automatically (since the LANG or LANGUAGE
 environment was set to am_ET.UTF-8). This automatic selection was
 prevented in http://dev.laptop.org/attachment/ticket/6945/6945.patch.
 Ticket #6945 tracks the earlier issue with the Ethiopian keyboard.

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