Bug 343811

Summary:	autokey makes KDE software crash when used within an ubuntu unity environment
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Wolf Drechsel <herr_oswald>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	crash	CC:	cfeck
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Wolf Drechsel 2015-02-05 12:19:15 UTC

My system:
ubuntu 14.04
unity desktop
4GB RAM

Whenever I try to use the "autokey" utility (https://code.google.com/p/autokey/) on a kde application, it produces bogus characters and makes the application crash. Tried it with kontact, kate, keepass2, kde control module, Kwalletmanager, the calligra suite.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. type an abreviation saved in autokey within a kde application such as kontact, kate, keepass2, kde control module, Kwalletmanager, the calligra suite

Actual Results:  
bogus characters appear, kde application hangs

Expected Results:  
expand the abreviation to the saved string. E.g. I saved: "mfg" should produce "Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Wolf Drechsel".

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2015-02-05 21:30:26 UTC

Does it also happen with pure Qt applications?

Comment 2 Wolf Drechsel 2015-02-05 21:38:10 UTC

No.
There are minor glitches with firefox (missing characters, trigger words not completely erased), but no crash/hangs. 

Only kde apps are causing the severe problems ):

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2015-02-05 22:55:16 UTC

Firefox is no Qt application. Popular Qt applications are VLC, SMPlayer, Scribus, etc.

Comment 4 Wolf Drechsel 2015-02-06 08:05:58 UTC

Sorry.
Tried scribus:
Within a textframe or a text editor window, the same problems occur:
bogus characters, even if I after the expansion happened just type more characters.
The app will not crash, but further text editing is not possible - just bogus characters.

The same e.g. within a "Document settings" window.

HTH,
Wolf

Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2015-02-06 11:34:25 UTC

Please report this issue directly to Qt developers via https://bugreports.qt.io/

It is possible that the Qt event processing gets confused about the way autokey sends the fake key events. The KDE Workspace also offers a way to assign keyboard macros ("khotkeys"), and I do not know of similar issues there.