Strange problem with transaction editing auto-complete

[Matt Kowske]

That sounds right I was probably just not describing it properly. So
you've confirmed this behavior using Unity on Ubuntu or are you also
using KDE? I won't test in another WM if not necessary.

On 02/22/2017 09:31 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> No I am wrong again.  Yes there is something odd going on, it is just
> that I had never noticed as I have always hit right arrow when it has
> auto filled the correct string before hitting :
>
> What is happening is that when : is hit it should skip to the end
> before entering the : but in fact it (under some as yet undefined
> circumstances) just enters the : inline.  For me, though, I am not
> seeing the ood there, it just puts the : in and deletes the tentative
> ood that it has put there ready for me to use.
>
> This is on GC 2.6.13 on Ubuntu 16.10
>
> Colin
>
> On 22 February 2017 at 15:20, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com
> <mailto:clanlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Ah, I think I have maybe misinterpreted the explanation. It does
>     fill in the ood directly you hit : but does not move the cursor to
>     after that so when you type Di it inserts it before the ood. Is
>     that right?
>
>     Colin
>
>     On 22 February 2017 at 15:17, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com
>     <mailto:clanlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Do you mean you still get the text in the wrong order when you
>         type slowly? So it does not fill in the ood till after you
>         have typed :Di (or whatever is appropriate for your accounts)
>         even if you wait after the colon?
>
>         Colin
>
>
>
>         On 22 February 2017 at 14:57, Matt Kowske <jmk at cmail.nu
>         <mailto:jmk at cmail.nu>> wrote:
>
>             Unfortunately, no -- I have tried typing very slowly and
>             it will still randomly unselect the text I am typing in.
>             Interesting two cases with KDE Plasma I will see if I can
>             boot into another WM and try there.
>
>             On 02/22/2017 08:46 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>>             Is it possibly a function of how fast you type? If you manage to type :Di
>>             before it has filled in the ood that it gets confused?
>>
>>             Colin
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