Re: Abiword and Autokey - Linux

From: Martin Sevior <msevior_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu May 12 2011 - 06:39:23 CEST

Hi Marsha,

Thank you for interesting report. I had not heard of autokey before.
I'll give it a try and fix whatever abiword bugs exist with it.

Can you try abiword-2.8.6? It has many fixes over 2.8.2.

Cheers

Martin

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:20 PM, <marshagilliland@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> I am using Abiword 2.8.2 with an ubuntu based linux install.  I am also using a program for abbreviation expansion/running scripts called Autokey (http://code.google.com/p/autokey/)
>
> When I type an abbreviation I want to be expanded into the document, Abiword deletes the last letter of the abbreviation and inserts all but the first part of the abbreviation to be inserted.
>
> However, the program will correctly insert the abbreviation when I pull up autokey's pop-up window to select and insert an abbreviation.
>
> Autokey engine is using X EvDev
>
> I'm looking for suggestions on how to have Abiword delete the whole abbreviation and then allow the expanded text to be inserted correctly.
>
> I should note that in all other programs Autokey correctly deletes the abbreviation and inserts the full expansion correctly.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Marsha G.
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