(10-20-2021, 03:27 AM)MarkGimp Wrote: 1st language is English.
Not sure if I can help on this one, when I write french text I write it on LibreOffice (because with Firefox that's the only software I have a french dictionary on them and I don't have an AZERTY keyboard, thus writing in french, I do need to pass by the dico to correct accents, cedille and other characters), then I copy/paste on GIMP.
Having said that, did you try to check Use editor in the tool option when the text tool is activated? Maybe there is some french thing in there?
Or in Edit ➤ Preferences ➤ Interface and set the language to French?