465283 - Special characters in the esperanto language version are not supported

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 484771

(Mozilla Localizations :: eo / Esperanto, defect)

Description

[Antoine]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; eo; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008102920 Firefox/3.0.4

The esperanto language uses special characters such as ĉ, ŭ, ĵ, ŝ, ĝ. These characters appear in the esperanto version of Firefox (at least in the installation window, I didn't complete the installation because of this) in the form cx, ux, jx, sx, gx. This form was used when special characters were not available (old typewriter or 7-bit ASCII), but is not natural and not convenient to read. Please fix this and use genuine characters, as it is the case in other languages.
Thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Just install the esperanto version of Firefox.
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Expected Results:  
Seing esperanto specific characters (ĉ, ŭ, ĵ, ŝ, ĝ) instead of cx, ux, jx, sx or gx

Comment 1

[Eduardo Trápani]

Yes, that is a known windows installer problem, solved for the 3.1 branch.  Once you get past the installation of the 3.0.4 version, with the x-system transliteration, you will see the localization work with the native esperanto characters.  It is just a problem for the installer.

The main bug for this report is Bug 305039 and it was also reported specifically for esperanto in Bug 457797.  If you check Bug 305039 comment #139 you will see that I asked whether it would be included in 3.0.4.  I just added a new bug specifically for the 3.0 branch in Bug 484771. You might want follow that one.