Re: [Mlterm-dev-en] Problems with German layout in vim on mlterm-wl

[Christian V. S. <cv....@ma...>]

Upon closer inspection, it seems like mlterm-wl is appending a NUL when
I try to enter an umlaut. Thus, if I type "ö", it sends "ö^@". Bash
ignores this, but vim does not.


On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 11:06:32AM +0200, Christian Victor Schulz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to use mlterm-wl under sway, but I encounter a strange
> problem with my German keyboard layout. On the command line (bash), I
> can use umlauts (ö, ä, ü) as usual, but when I try to enter an umlaut in
> vim insert mode, strange things happen. It seems like mlterm-wl sends
> some character sequence to vim that starts with the umlaut but then
> causes vim to leave insert mode (Esc) and then repeat the previous
> action -- or something like that, I'm not sure. This does not happen
> with mlterm/X11.
> 
> Another minor issue, probably fontconfig related as it also happens on
> Wayland only, is the exact placement of line drawing characters. Using
> the Inconsolata font, everything works fine on X11, but under Wayland,
> the line drawing characters do not line up properly.
> 
> Christian Schulz
> 
> 
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