Accented characters not appearing where they ought to

[Fibonacci]

you must download the sources

Where from, excuse me?

[vivia]

http://tcl.tk somewhere

[kakaroto]

From http://amsn.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1249 (search for the post contain the word 'accents')
It seems it also happen with Tcl/Tk 8.5

[rcsdnj]

Yeah, I'm using Tcl/Tk from CVS ("info patchlevel" command gives me "8.5a5"), and the wrong accent order problem still happens. I also had this problem in the anterior CVS versions, 8.5a3 and a4.

Let's just wait, then...  :|

[Fibonacci]

From http://amsn.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1249 (search for the post contain the word 'accents')
It seems it also happen with Tcl/Tk 8.5

Thank God someone tested, because I'm having some problems with it. It appears that, even if I download and compile the sources, wish won't run unless they are installed, and there's no way on Earth I'm installing the unreleased, unstable version.
Shouldn't this new info about 8.5 also failing be reflected on the SF bug tracker entry?

[kakaroto]

Fibonacci, yes, I'll add it to the SF bug tracker, but I'm unable to login on SF to post, will probably be fixed soon and I'll do it..
about not being to launch it without install, it's normal, you need two things :
1 - compile amsn against tcl/tk 8.5, I suggest you copy over your amsn to a new dir called amsn-8.5/ and then do

Code:

./configure --with-tcl=/path/to/tcl/8.5/unix/dir --with-tk=/path/to/tk/8.5/unix/dir  

2 - launch/install wish 8.5. If you don't want to install, do this :

Code:

make shell SCRIPT=/absolute/path/to/amsn-8.5/amsn

It will modify your environment locally (not affecting your bash environment, only the 'make' process environment) so that wish8.5 can be launched without being installed.

[Fibonacci]

about not being to launch it without install, it's normal, you need two things :
1 - compile amsn against tcl/tk 8.5, I suggest you copy over your amsn to a new dir called amsn-8.5/ and then do

Code:

./configure --with-tcl=/path/to/tcl/8.5/unix/dir --with-tk=/path/to/tk/8.5/unix/dir  

2 - launch/install wish 8.5. If you don't want to install, do this :

Code:

make shell SCRIPT=/absolute/path/to/amsn-8.5/amsn

It will modify your environment locally (not affecting your bash environment, only the 'make' process environment) so that wish8.5 can be launched without being installed.

I didn't even try to run aMSN. I only tried to open a wish console, and got a shared libraries error.

[kakaroto]

a simple wish console can be launched with :

Code:

make shell

from inside tk/unix directory. It will launch a tcl/tk 8.5 shell.

[Fibonacci]

Confirmed: it DOES happen with 8.5a4.

[bigbruno]

It also happens with tcl/tk 8.5 (built a week ago), in Ubuntu Linux Dapper (latest amsn cvs version)

[GuS-Arg]

Hello

I'm using the cvs version of aMSN, and it seems to block for a few seconds whenever a user sends me a message or goes online. I know that Tcl/Tk is a resource hog and, if my machine is not powerful enough (512MB, Intel P4 3.0 GHz) it will necessarily block regularly; I don't want to rant about Tcl/Tk - that has already been done extensively in the past. However, I'm a somewhat fast typer, and I don't slow down when aMSN does, as it would be impractical; when it finally unblocks, I find that what I typed is there, save for the accented letters which appear all at the end of the message, and are all equal to the last accented letter typed. For example, a message like "¿Cómo estás?" would appear as "¿Cmo ests?áá". This is especially annoying in languages, such as Spanish, that make extensive use of accented letters. Also, this only happens when entering accents via dead keys - the ñ, which can be entered with a single keystroke on the Spanish keyboard, always appears in the right place.

Thank you for your help,

-Fibo

Indeed this happen (or you can see it more easily) when you use Webcam session, since aMSN slow down the speed a little.

[vivia]

Problem fixed: http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php/topic,7610.0.html