Block shift feature behaving badly

[Fergal Mullally]

I get a similar problem using KDE 3.5.* on Ubuntu. One work around is
to use [Ctrl]+[SHIFT]+[9] to indent by multiple spaces at a time. But
if someone had a fix that would be great.


Fergal

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> From: Lee Helmle <Leland.C.Helmle at nasa.gov>
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> Hi,
>
> I was just upgraded from Redhat Linux 5.4 to 5.5 (2.6.18-92.1.18.el5) on
> a Sun Ultra 24 box. I've been running Nedit 5.5 for quite a while
> without a problem on Linux 5.4 and on Solaris 10 (and could not live
> without it). My current desktop is KDE 3.5.4-13.el5 Red Hat.
>
> When I select text and shift it either right or left, it works fine for
> a few keystrokes (usually one or two, but up to five). Then the select
> highlight "goes off" and the text line at the cursor (always the lower
> right corner of the rectangle or the next line when full lines are
> selected) continues shifting until I realize I'm no longer doing what I
> intended.
>
> My own Nedit 5.5 executable worked fine on Redhat Linux 5.4. I
> downloaded my own 5.5 just to be safe and it has exactly the same
> problem that the system file has. One other person that made the same
> transition also sees this problem, but another one does not. This is
> fairly repeatable, but the number of shifts (ctrl-0 or ctrl-9) varies.
> Working through the menu, I've gotten up to nine or ten shifts, but the
> same thing always happens (i.e., it's not my mouse). It seems a little
> odd that I can get more shifts if I go slower, but on this machine -- I
> don't think timing enters into this.
>
> Everything else that I've tried seems to work as expected, but that's
> not an exhaustive test. While I believe this is not an Nedit problem (I
> suspect one of the thousands of KDE options), I'm anxious to hear if
> anyone else has seen something like this and might be able to shed some
> light on the matter.
>
> I realize this depends on a lot of variables. I'll be glad to supply
> more information if someone can guide me a bit.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lee
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> Lee Helmle
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