Re: Problems with umlauts in find bar

[Ruben Vermeersch <ruben savanne be>]

On zo, 2010-06-06 at 14:55 +0200, Daniel Köb wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I found a small annoyance in the entry completion of the find bar. If
> you have tag names containing German umlauts they disappear from the
> completion list as soon as you type the umlaut. Here is a short example:
> 
> 1. create a tag named "Löwenzahn"
> 2. type '/' to open the find bar
> 3. type 'l' - the tag "Löwenzahn" appears in the completion window
> 4. type 'ö' - the tag disappears from the completion window
>     (complete text in entry box now is "lö")
> 
> I tracked the issue down and it is caused by gtk-sharp returning
> differently normalized strings (see bug entry:
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611972). As this seems to be
> a bug in gtk-sharp, I'm not sure if a workaround within f-spot is
> appreciated. Anyhow I created a small patch that fixes the problem for me:
> 
> http://gitorious.org/~dkoeb/f-spot/dkoebs-mainline/commits/findbar
> 
> I think it is pretty self-explanatory and should also work once the bug
> in gtk-sharp is fixed. If a workaround for this problem is appreciated
> within f-spot I'm happy to create a merge request.


Am I right that this patch makes it such that Lowenzahn would match
Löwenzahn?

If so, go ahead, that's cool. Always open a bug in gnome bugzilla as
well and link the merge request there. I tend to miss activity on
gitorious, and bugzilla is the main tracker of things.

Cheers,
   Ruben

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Ruben Vermeersch (rubenv)
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