Bug 179957

Summary:	Keyboard repeat appears to be very slow, independent of key repeat settings (especially to the left)
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Ryan Novosielski <novosirj>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	novosirj
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Ryan Novosielski 2009-01-07 21:15:24 UTC

Version:           4.1.85 (using Devel)
Compiler:          N/A, from packages 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

When typing a long command (for example, a wget with a long URL) and then attempting to use the left arrow, especially, to go back to the beginning of the command for an edit appears to use a very low key repeat rate -- perhaps 3 strokes per second.

Doing the same to the right appears to respect the key repeat rate for perhaps 10-15 characters and then also slows down to this 3 strokes per second rate. I don't know anything to try or the sort of thing that would affect this behavior. Let me know what other information might be crucial.

I am running Ubuntu 8.10 with packages from their PPA. I'm not 100% sure if there is an upstream bug here or not -- perhaps someone can confirm/deny the behavior.

Comment 1 Ryan Novosielski 2009-01-07 21:43:30 UTC

Forgot to add -- this is remote or local sessions.

Comment 2 Kurt Hindenburg 2009-02-22 19:05:21 UTC

I've never noticed this before.  It is something that would stand out.

What language are you using?  I wonder if Konsole is having to calculate char width or something else related to char width.

Comment 3 Ryan Novosielski 2009-02-23 15:59:53 UTC

This does not appear to a Konsole bug after all, and I feel foolish because it was so easy to prove that... it happens in other applications as well (Thunderbird, Firefox text fields, etc.)

I don't know whether I got used to it or whether the problem went away... I shall have to take another close look. Either way, it looks like something that is either KDE 4.2-related (must not be as you'd notice it) or something about Kubuntu. 

I'm using English, though it likely doesn't matter anymore. :)

Comment 4 Kurt Hindenburg 2009-02-23 17:47:34 UTC

Thanks for the update.