#1000845 xfce4-panel: Misinterpretation of the unicode Emoji flags in all interfaces

Package:
xfce4-panel
Source:
xfce4-panel
Description:
panel for Xfce4 desktop environment
Submitter:
Tomasz Kapias
Date:
2021-11-30 06:45:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1000845#5
Date:
2021-11-30 06:35:11 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I use flag emojis in the custom fields of the xfce4-datetime-plugin. For
example the one for France: 🇫🇷

I'm on Debian Bookworm/Sid and since an upgrade on 11/29/21, the flag displayed
is not the one indicated by the unicode anymore.

- The flag of France is displayed as the flag of Jamaica.
- All flags Emojis are concerned.

- The bug concerns all fields in xfce-panel and all its plugins.
- The bug does not concern other softwares, even in GTK.
- The bug persists when changing the font.

The flags are Unicode Emoji characters composed of 2 regional indicator
symbols. For the French flag the symbols are : 🇫 🇷 . In xfce-panel, separately,
they are displayed correctly.

Any idea ?

Tomasz