On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <[email protected]> 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

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On 2022-03-27 23:13+0100 Michael <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sunday, 27 March 2022 23:04:21 BST tastytea wrote:

On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <[email protected]> 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

Ah sorry, in bash that's echo -e "\u20ac". I was testing with zsh,
where -e is enabled by default.

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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On Sunday, 27 March 2022 23:04:21 BST tastytea wrote:

On 2022-03-27 22:35+0100 Michael <[email protected]> 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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