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

[Chris Jones]

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 02:54:15PM EDT, Tim Marston wrote:
> 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!

No problem Tim. 

I've sort of taken up gtypist training again after a 2-3 year
interruption... 

What prompted me was that I noticed you now have mailing list.

Considering what I owe to the program's authors.. I thought I might as
well contribute within my modest means.

Cheers,

Chris

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