Two backspaces needed to delete one single sign?

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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Two backspaces needed to delete one single sign?

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Hi,
I had a file which contained an ï in the name. While packing the file TC warned about a non Ansi character and I wanted to rename the ï into an i.
I noticed that I had to press the backspace key twice before it disappeared.
I tried to reproduce myself later but it doesn't happen with every file. But with one file it does. I think it may have to do that that file was created on a Mac (it was a .pdf) and arrived on my computer by mail.
I don't see a way to add a file, but I'm willing to provide you with the file.
BTW it's no big deal to press backspace twice of course.

Greetings, JP.
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That was a unicode sign with two bytes for one sign(glyph), so it's normal you have to do it twice.







 
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Re: Two backspaces needed to delete one single sign?

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I wouldn't say it's normal to press Backspace twice for a character, no matter how it is encoded. Does the same happen in Microsoft Word?

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Re: Two backspaces needed to delete one single sign?

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I tried to rename the file using Windows Explorer and there also I needed to backspace twice. So it's not specific TC but maybe in an underlying Windows call.
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Re: Two backspaces needed to delete one single sign?

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Was this a file created on an Apple Mac? They use separate base characters plus accents (two Unicode characters, i followed by the accent), while Windows uses composite characters (one Unicode character containing both the base character and the accent).
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