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Transliterate UTF-8 characters in window titles #9221

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emanruse opened this issue May 12, 2024 · 1 comment
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Transliterate UTF-8 characters in window titles #9221

emanruse opened this issue May 12, 2024 · 1 comment
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C: gui-virtualization localization This issue concerns translating things into different languages or adapting them to other regions. P: default Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information. T: enhancement Type: enhancement. A new feature that does not yet exist or improvement of existing functionality. ux User experience

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@emanruse
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The problem you're addressing (if any)

Currently, UTF-8 characters in window titles (and window tooltips in panel) are replaced with underscores. This significantly reduces usability and can result in user mistakes. The option to disable that has negative security implications.

The solution you'd like

Transliterate UTF8 characters into Latin characters instead of replacing them with underscores.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_transliterations

The value to a user, and who that user might be

More readable window titles for everyone without sacrificing security.

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@emanruse emanruse added P: default Priority: default. Default priority for new issues, to be replaced given sufficient information. T: enhancement Type: enhancement. A new feature that does not yet exist or improvement of existing functionality. labels May 12, 2024
@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong added C: gui-virtualization localization This issue concerns translating things into different languages or adapting them to other regions. ux User experience labels May 13, 2024
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One alternative would be to default to allowing non-ASCII characters, provided that these characters are “safe to display” in the sense used by qubes.Filecopy and the notification proxy.

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