[Issue] In Arch Linux: keyboard letters w e t don't show up in python console: Error 'failed to create compose table'

[Strahlensauger]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Forums discussion

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=75591
https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?p=658700#p658700

Version

0.20 (Release)

Full version info

OS: Arch Linux (KDE/plasma)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.0.31709 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: e188802ca6997d2564e7570ab648462e6a059f87
Python 3.10.8, Qt 5.15.6, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
Installed mods: 
  * Assembly4.backup1662658912.4353526
  * Behave-Dark-Colors 0.1.1
  * Behave-Dark-Colors.backup1662668082.023044
  * Assembly4 0.12.4
  * FeedsAndSpeeds 0.5.0
  * freecad.gears 1.0.0
  * A2plus 0.4.60e
  * A2plus.backup1662291454.6363213

Subproject(s) affected?

None

Issue description

Hello,
this error is OS specific, it appears only in Arch OS. (I didn't check arch based distros like manjaro...)
When typing in the python console or when typing in the macro editor the letters
w e t
don't react, letter z shows up only after typing z twice.
The Error
'failed to create compose table'
appear in the console and in the log window.
In opensuse leap only the error appears, no keys are suppressed, in debian everything works fine
Since version 31641 this error is persisting, before everything worked fine.

Thanks for programming such a great software!!

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[luzpaz]

Please add a succinct title to this bug

[chennes]

Does this happen anywhere else (e.g. when entering an expression in the expression window, etc.) or is it literally just those two places?

[chennes]

For anyone looking into this: that error text appears in two Qt source files (this is Qt 6.4 but it's probably similar in 5.15):

qtbase/src/plugins/platforminputcontexts/compose/qcomposeplatforminputcontext.cpp:55:        
    qCWarning(lcXkbCompose, "failed to create compose table");
qtwayland/src/client/qwaylandinputcontext.cpp:235:        
    qCWarning(qLcQpaInputMethods, "failed to create compose table");

[Strahlensauger]

the error occured with Qt5.15.6, where Qt 5.15.4 seems to work fine

[mikijov]

I have the same problem. In addition I am unable to use these keys in the spreadsheet either, although keys are different in the spreadsheet. Indeed it seems to be that shortcuts supersede data entry.

[chennes]

This is the same issue as #8346 (at least I think so) -- I'm going to close this one in favor of that one (no particular reason, I've just pointed the other reports to that one already). If it turns out this is a different issue, please re-open.