[tor-bugs] #17329 [Tor Browser]: Can't type some special characters in text fields

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#17329: Can't type some special characters in text fields
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 Reporter:  etienne                        |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                         |  arthuredelstein
 Priority:  Medium                         |         Status:  needs_review
Component:  Tor Browser                    |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                         |        Version:
 Keywords:  tbb-usability, tbb-regression  |     Resolution:
Parent ID:                                 |  Actual Points:
  Sponsor:                                 |         Points:
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Changes (by arthuredelstein):

 * status:  assigned => needs_review


Comment:

 Here's a patch to fix this problem, for review:

 https://github.com/arthuredelstein/tor-
 browser/commit/37d4e243f7ed4844e4b2388850b695aeea7ec9e8

 It turns out that, on some Linux systems, using the "C" locale prevents
 keyboard input of non-ASCII characters.

 If we use the "C.UTF-8" locale instead, then the keyboard input problem
 goes away. Windows does not have a "C.UTF-8" locale, so, in this patch,
 will fall back to the "C" locale (which is available on every system). On
 Windows, I confirmed that with the "C" locale, there is no keyboard input
 problem for international characters (such as the French special
 characters reported).

 There is a concern that some odd versions of Linux may also lack a
 "C.UTF-8" locale. In this case, formatting by the "C" locale is
 distinguishable from the "C.UTF-8" locale. In order to fully avoid this
 problem, I think we would need to re-implement the various methods of Date
 (see #17355).

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