RFR: 8367045: [Linux] Dead keys not working [v4]

[Thiago Milczarek Sayao]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 20:02:57 GMT, Martin Fox <mfox at openjdk.org> wrote:

> With this PR all text input is delivered as committed text in an InputMethodEvent. JavaFX never receives a KEY_TYPED KeyEvent. This simplifies things but will cause all manner of follow-on problems. We need a better solution.
> 
> I cannot easily run Linux Mint since it doesn't provide an ARM version. This bug does not reproduce for me in a stock Ubuntu 24.04.3 environment which defaults to IBus. Does Linux Mint default to a different input method framework such as fcitx?

Thanks for refreshing my memory - I had a feeling that I was missing something.

The equivalent on Ubuntu would be to launch `im-config`, select `xim` and restart the session with Xorg.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1922#issuecomment-3344254143