[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41347] GUI editor stops accepting keyboard input when showing code completion list box

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URL:
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                 Summary: GUI editor stops accepting keyboard input when
showing code completion list box
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sat 25 Jan 2014 02:22:59 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Other
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Dirk Krause
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Hi,
when using the Octave GUI I opened a new file t1.m in the text editor and
attempted to type a line:


x = linspace(0,2*pi,201);


After typing "x = li" a code completion box comes up containing "line" and
"link" but not the "linspace" I'd like to have.
Unfortunately all my further keyboard input is ignored unless I do a mouse
click outside that selection box. After typing the next character "n" the
suggestion box is coming up again, no keyboard input is accepted. So I have to
take the hand off the keyboard two times while entering this line just to get
rid of the suggestion box.
So my temporary solution is to turn code completion off.

Generally I consider code completion a good idea. While showing the suggestion
list the editor should continue accepting keyboard input and shrink/hide the
list as the user types more text or manually completes the word.

Regards,

Dirk





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