Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 1167)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 1168)
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 			String v1 = caseSensitive ? value : value.toLowerCase();
 			String v2 = caseSensitive ? this.value : this.value.toLowerCase();
- 			v1 = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(v1, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
- 			v2 = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(v2, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+			// is not Java 1.5
+ 			//v1 = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(v1, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+ 			//v2 = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(v2, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 			return v1.indexOf(v2) != -1;
 		}
@@ -104,14 +105,18 @@
 				return s.equals("");
 			String search = caseSensitive ? s : s.toLowerCase();
-			search = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(search, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+			// is not Java 1.5
+			//search = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(search, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 			for (Entry<String, String> e : osm.keys.entrySet()) {
 				String key = caseSensitive ? e.getKey() : e.getKey().toLowerCase();
 				String value = caseSensitive ? e.getValue() : e.getValue().toLowerCase();
-				value = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(value, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+				// is not Java 1.5
+				//value = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(value, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 				if (key.indexOf(search) != -1 || value.indexOf(search) != -1)
 					return true;
 			}
 			if (osm.user != null) {
-				String name = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(osm.user.name, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+				String name = osm.user.name;
+				// is not Java 1.5
+				//String name = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(name, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 				if (!caseSensitive)
 					name = name.toLowerCase();
Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java	(revision 1167)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java	(revision 1168)
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@
 
 		String value = values.getEditor().getItem().toString();
-		value = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(value, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+		// is not Java 1.5
+		//value = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(value, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 		if (value.equals(""))
 			value = null; // delete the key
 		String newkey = keys.getEditor().getItem().toString();
-		newkey = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(newkey, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
+		//newkey = java.text.Normalizer.normalize(newkey, java.text.Normalizer.Form.NFC);
 		if (newkey.equals("")) {
 			newkey = key;