Bug 36846

Summary: cursor is sometimes (approx) 10 places to the left of the insertion point when typing
Product: [Unmaintained] kmail Reporter: Neil Lucock <neil>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: CLOSED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 1.3.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mandrake RPMs   
OS: Linux   
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Description Neil Lucock 2002-01-05 12:32:11 UTC 
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kmail
Version:           1.3.1 (using KDE 2.2.1 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    Mandrake Linux Vitamin
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.3-20mdk
OS/Compiler notes: 

You use the address book shortcut to "send mail" to someone and a new page opens. The cursor (insertion point ) is not where you are typing it's about 10 places to the left. Only happens since the address book has been able to "send mail to"

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Comment 1 Michael H 2002-01-05 12:42:22 UTC 
On Saturday 05 January 2002 13:32 neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
>
> You use the address book shortcut to "send mail" to someone and a new page
> opens. The cursor (insertion point ) is not where you are typing it's
> about 10 places to the left. Only happens since the address book has been
> able to "send mail to"

Are you using font anti aliasing?
Does this also happen with this feature disabled?

Regards
Michael Häckel
Comment 2 Neil Lucock 2002-01-07 19:06:57 UTC 
On Saturday 05 January 2002 12:42 pm you wrote:
> On Saturday 05 January 2002 13:32 neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> > You use the address book shortcut to "send mail" to someone and a new
> > page opens. The cursor (insertion point ) is not where you are typing
> > it's about 10 places to the left. Only happens since the address book has
> > been able to "send mail to"
>
> Are you using font anti aliasing?
> Does this also happen with this feature disabled?

I use anti-aliasing under KDE I've not disabled it as when I last tried to 
duplicate the fault it acted correctly. However I pasted some text into an 
email and it behaved in the way reported in 36845. I sometimes acts badly 
when you reply to an email. It also seems to correct itself after a few 
minutes so you are typing your mail and suddenly you notice that it is 
working okay. That's one of the problems I can't seem to duplicate the fault 
reliably. I'll keep trying when I figure out what conditions/actions cause 
it to happen I'll turn off anti-aliasing and let you know the result.
If it is of any use I nearly always have a CD playing (with XMMS) when I'm 
using the PC.
ciao
Neil