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Japanese input mode works wrong in Python-Fu UI

GIMP version: 2.10.6

Operating System: Windows 7

Package: official installer from gimp.org

Japanese input mode in Windows has several submodes, such as "Direct input" which inputs Latin characters or "Hiragana input" which inputs Japanese characters and you can switch between them with Alt-`. I have replaced English input with Japanese input because "Direct input" is basically equivalent to English input. So direct input is basically my default input mode. Unfortunately it seems to be broken in a very specific case, namely Python-Fu scripts forms in GIMP and Python-Fu console. Instead of direct input for some reason it results in katakana characters. This makes it very difficult to input e.g. numeric values when using a Python-Fu script. This bug is not reproducible anywhere else in GIMP interface, or Script-Fu for that matter.

In this screenshot I have typed "1234567890qwertyuiop" in Filters/Python-Fu/Console:

gimp_python_japanese_input_bug

Is the bug reproducible? Always

Reproduction steps:

  1. Install Japanese input mode and ensure you're in Direct input submode

japanese_direct_input

  1. Open Filters/Python-Fu/Console

  2. Type "1234"

Expected result:

Input is "1234"

Actual result:

Input is "ﾇﾌｱｳ"