[Users] Typing Issue on Windows

[Jim Pachowski]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 3:22 AM Jonathan Boeing <jonathan at claws-mail.org> wrote:
>
> > > libgtk 2.24.31.0 does not show the problem for me.
> > > libgtk 2.24.32.0 shows the problem for me.
>
> GTK's changelog mentions some keyboard changes
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/commit/ed7d3e25f8b6debae6ccc8b50d1329155338cab8
>
> with "569581 Using the US-Intl keyboard layout causes unexpected
> character combinations" in particular looking interesting.

Perhaps it is related to it. I glanced at the details of the Bug
#569571 and it seems like something similar is happening for me.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569581 for reference.

> > I installed claws-mail-3.18.0-2-32bit and copied over
> > libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll and libintl-9.dll from
> > claws-mail-3.16.0-1-32bit into its installation folder.
>
> That's...less advised™ than updating to 4.0.0 if it's possible.

True, but 4.0.0 does not have Fancy. I do not mind the odd/ugly
windows but I need the Fancy plug-in.

> > Note that there is no problem on Windows 7 installation of
> > claws-mail-3.18.0-2-32bit as is. So something is incompatible between
> > the libgtk 2.24.32.0+ and the latest Windows 10 (no way for me to test
> > older Windows 10 versions).
>
> Are you using 21H1?  I haven't moved past 20H2.

Yes, I am on 21H1 -- v10.0.19043.928.