Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.2) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages OS: Linux I'm using a pretty slow computer on which saving takes a little longer than on more modern computers. As a consequence, when auto-saving, a dialog pops up for just a short period of time. This way, characters typed at that instant sometimes get lost. Often I don't notice this happening, thus getting typos from time to time. This doesn't happen on faster computer. I was also wondering wether 'foreign characters' is really the most correct term, since I have to use these characters and they aren't quite 'foreign' to me.
"Foreign Characters" will be changed to "Special Characters", I guess that is more appropriate, don't you agree? About the loss of characters, I don't have a simple solution for that. If saving takes too long KDE displays a message box that takes away the focus from the editor windows, causing the loss of typed characters. I did make a very small change in the code that could make a difference. best, Jeroen
Please reopen if the problem is still present in kile-1.7.1. best, Jeroen
related bugs #98871, #144418, #82083, #164959 ?
This problem is still present in "Kile 2.0.1 (Using KDE 3.5.10)". It is very apparent for me because I am working on a remote file (via sshfs) for which saving is quite slow. During autosaving, all typing is lost. It's quite annoying. It would be nice if the saving could be done in the background, or at least if the input could be buffered.
I can add that a similar problem occurs during compilation of the latex document. Again, I am particularly sensitive to this because I am working on a remote directory with slow access. At some points during compilation, keyboard input is lost. I wonder if it is because during (some) file operations a progress window is displayed. What happens to keyboard input while this window has focus?