[Bug 388028] Re: Install menu removes foreign characters from user name

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Incomplete

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Title:
  Install menu removes foreign characters from user name

Status in PyICU:
  Fix Released
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When installing ubuntu you are asked to enter your full name ("what is
  your name"). The installer then automatically fills out the field
  "what name do you want to log in?" But if My name contains a foreign
  character, the character is removed from the user name.

  For instance  when i enter:

  "Bjørn Lastname"

  the user name shows as "bjrn" and the name of the computer as "bjrn-
  desktop"

  Here I think the installer should either 
  -suggest "asbjørn" if it's technically possible to have foreign character in a username 
  -or translate the "ø" to an "o". Similar rules should apply to other foreign characters

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