OK. Some investigation reveals the suspected - Inkscape does not rely on Windows to deliver the correct characters. Polish keyboard layout in Windows uses tilda (~) as a dead key for Polish characters and while it works as expected in Windows it does not in Inkscape since it uses GTK input method based on the LOCALE set when Inkscape starts.
OK. Some investigation reveals the suspected - Inkscape does not rely on Windows to deliver the correct characters. Polish keyboard layout in Windows uses tilda (~) as a dead key for Polish characters and while it works as expected in Windows it does not in Inkscape since it uses GTK input method based on the LOCALE set when Inkscape starts.