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Unicode characters turn into "?" when copy/pasted #344

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@chriselrod

Operating Systems

Server: Clear Linux Version 30110
Client: Clear Linux Version 30110

Barrier Version

2.1.2, installed with Flatpak

Steps to reproduce bug

  1. Copy unicode characters. Eg, μαβσ∈Γδ×.
  2. Paste on a different computer. Each character is replaced with a question mark: ???????. Pasting on the same computer yields the correct result (μαβσ∈Γδ×).

Other info

  • As far as I know, this problem always occurs.
  • The workaround is to avoid unicode. I like using unicode with Julia, and α looks a lot better than alpha, looks better than in, etc. It makes copy and pasting code and results between computers difficult. Array sizes automatically print with ×, and times in microseconds use μ. So if I run code on one machine, and want to paste into a browser to post online, I have to go back through and fix all the incorrectly pasted unicode. Which I can't do directly in the browser; all Julia text editors and the Julia REPL support LaTeX unicode completions, but internet browsers don't, adding yet another step in the process (I've also disabled mitigations on my fastest machines, so I don't use them to browse the internet).

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