Name: rmT116609 Date: 06/02/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51, mixed mode, sharing)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Fedora Core 1
uname -a:
Linux vino.select-tech.si 2.6.6 #1 Tue May 11 16:55:07 CEST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
KDE 3.2.2
Linux kernel 2.6.6
(also tried on plain Fedora Core 1, RedHat 9 and RedHat 7.3 with same results)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When using Slovenian keymap (si), then keys that normaly produce characters with caron on top (c-caron, s-caron, z-caron & uppercase variants) do not have any effect. It works with J2SE 1.4.x so this is a regression. This was observed with both Tiger public betas (beta1 & beta2).

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Use recent KDE desktop (3.1+)

In KDE Control Center select Regional & Accessibility / Keyboard Layout
and add Slovenian (si) to the list of active keyboard layouts.

Run Notepad.jar (from J2SE demos) and switch to Slovenian (si) keyboard layout.

Type the '[' key (if you have an US keyboard). This should produce s-caron (?). It does nothing on J2SE 1.5.0 betaX. Try also with J2SE 1.4.2 and see it works.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Typing Slovenian characters should work like it did with 1.4.x.
ACTUAL -
Typing Slovenian characters does not work with 1.5.0 beta1 & beta2

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
I tried the -Dawt.toolkit=sun.awt.motif.MToolkit to see it it is to do with new XAWT toolkit, but it does not help.

Release Regression From : 1.4.2
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Incident Review ID: 275701)
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