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

[Felix Natter]

Chris Jones <address@hidden> writes:

hi Chris,

> 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!

Now I've got a fix which works for me, see the patch attached here:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38839

Just in case you have a 2.9.x source around and know how to build it:
You should be able to apply this patch by using:
  patch -p1 < fix-for-alt-key-aborts-lesson.diff
in the gtypist source directory.

Thanks for Reporting!

Best Regards,
-- 
Felix Natter