Text input replaces some letters with question marks
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
- I have searched the existing issues
Description
The typed letter is replaced with ?. So if e.g. you RetroAchievements username or password contains such a letter you have to manually edit retroarch.cfg to insert it.
Expected behavior
The typed letter is added to the input text
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Go to a test input field
- Type e.g. å
Version/Commit
1.19.1
Bisect Results
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Check in the nightly version
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Platform & operating system
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64
Affected Cores
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Environment information
- Installed through Flatpak
Relevant log output
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in a test input field on the OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Flatpak installation, using the letter å. Trace the RetroArch frontend's text-input handling to find where that character becomes ?; done means typed non-ASCII letters remain intact in the input text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100