John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi all > > Over on the user's list we've run out of ideas on this one. Can anyone > here offer any suggestions? > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/37022 > > I note that as well as the degree symbol (°) then joined up a-and-e also > doesn't work (æ).
This looks very much like the infamous Qt3-immodule patch on Ubuntu bug. Scribus has the same problem: http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1908 Try another LyX frontend if possible or compile a Qt3 without the immodule patch. It might also help to set the IM configuration to "XIM", ymmv. HTH /Andreas