Re: [bug-gtypist] Accidentally hitting the Alt key...

[Tim Marston]

Hi Chris,

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 08:39:56PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote:
> Pressing the Alt key accidentally wipes out everything that was typed
> and restarts the drill.

Yes, I can confirm this behaviour.  I've opened a bug report for it.
If you want to follow progress on fixing it, you can add yourself to
the CC list.

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?38839

> I have no idea how this could be handled gracefully in gtypist.. for all
> I know, and depending on the way the input key strokes are acquired,
> gtypist may not even see the accidental key combo.. but I have taken
> a look at other applications running in a terminal (bash, vim, mutt..)
> and none appear to demonstrate such behavior.  

Yes, I think we should be able to handle this key sequence (although I
haven't actually looked in to it yet) and register it as a single
error, rather than resetting out the whole drill.

> Not sure if this is a bug or a feature but I thought I might as well
> report it just in case. ;-)

It looks like a bug to me.  :o)  Thanks very much for reporting it,
Chris!

Kind regards,

-- 
Tim Marston
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