[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#274100: [lyx-qt] Please apply workaround to enable math symbol display in russian locale

[Nikita V. Youshchenko]

Package: lyx-qt
Version: 1.3.4-2
Severity: normal

As stated in /usr/share/doc/latex-xft-fonts/README, Qt can't use those
fonts when running in russian locale (and also some other locales)
because of a bug that trolltech refuses to fix.

However, a workaround exists. If LC_TIME locale component is reset to C,
this alters Qt's font selection magic, and enables Qt to load the fonts.

Please make this how lyx-qt provided by package behaves by default if it
is started in russian locale (and probably other affected locales).
This may be done by providing a wrapper script, or by adding several
calls to the code.

This will make lyx-qt usable for russian users to typeset math.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (620, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7-smp
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R

Versions of packages lyx-qt depends on:
ii  latex- 0.1-4                             Xft-compatible versions of some La
ii  libaik 1.0.1+cvs.2004.03.15+dev-0.12-0.2 an English-language thesaurus (dev
ii  libc6  2.3.2.ds1-16                      GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc 1:3.4.1-4sarge1                   GCC support library
ii  libice 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4                    Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libqt3 3:3.3.3-4.1                       Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii  libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4                    X Window System Session Management
ii  libstd 1:3.3.4-6sarge1.2                 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4                    X Window System protocol client li
ii  lyx-co 1.3.4-2                           High Level Word Processor - common
ii  xlibs  4.3.0.dfsg.1-4                    X Window System client libraries m

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