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