https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459351
Bug ID: 459351
Summary: Overzealous word suggestion tool sometimes inserts
words arbitrarily
Classification: Unclassified
Product: kate
Version: 22.08.1
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: application
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: markgpineph...@gmx.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
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When typing, there is suggested text. I would select this and continue. But,
when I would bace to a word, it would arbitrarily add a suggested text, without
being requested to do so.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. type some words
2. use the suggested words to fill in one or more words (auto-completion)
3. backspace to an auto-completed word, and obseve it randomly insert an
additional word in (this additional word often being one of the previous words
that auto-complete had previously been called upon to insert).
OBSERVED RESULT
When typing in kwrite, I was taking notes from a site
(https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html) on writing proper bug
reports. I had written the following:
[quote]
Bug reports
Describe WHAT did, then WHAT happened. Tell them what you saw
[/quote]
I was using the text prompts for the last three words ("what", "you", "saw").
I ended up one space away from the word "saw", which was the end of the
sentence. So, I backspaced one space to add a period, but as the cursor got
beside the word "saw", that word was immediately repeated and inserted into the
document. Thus, I ended up with the following:
[quote]
Bug reports
Describe WHAT did, then WHAT happened. Tell them what you sawsaw.
[/quote]
I attempted to go back, but yet again it inserted a couple of words, this time
"say" and then "yo". Thus, I ended up with the following at this point:
[quote]
Bug reports
Describe WHAT did, then WHAT happened. Tell them what you sawsayyo
[/quote]
I pressed the backspace key four times, and then it inserted "wha":
[quote]
Bug reports
Describe WHAT did, then WHAT happened. Tell them what you sawswha
[/quote]
Here is what I saw:
The window with the text. The lines are numbered 1 ("Bug reports"), 2
(*blank*), 3 ("Describe WHAT you did, the WHAT"), 3 continued (an arrow
indicating a wrapping of line #3) ("happened. Tell them what you"), 3
continued again (an arrow indicating a wrapping of the line) ("sawswha")
On the bottom, under the window with the written text, I see:
[quote]
3:71 INSERT en_GB Soft Tabs: 4 UTF-8 Normal
[/quote]
Note, the word "Normal" above is in a box. Also note, regarding "INSERT", I
have tested this when "OVERWRITE" is chosen, and I get the same overzealous
word insertion behaviour from the program.
Beneath that is the suggested text, which currently shows:
[quote]
wha what whatever whatsoever
[/quote]
"wha" is highlighted.
Finally, underneath, I see the digital keyboard.
EXPECTED RESULT
So, upon the cursor meeting the last word ("saw") when I backspaced one space
to insert the period, I expected that it would NOT continue to insert words,
and instead would allow me to insert the period and continue. This would have
given me the following:
[expectation]
Bug reports
Describe WHAT did, then WHAT happened. Tell them what you saw.
[/expectation]
As mentioned, the expectation above did not happen. There were no error
messages. The program kept inserting these suggestions, in spite of me not
having chosen the suggestions.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.19.9-1-MANJARO-ARM
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98
Qt Version: 5.15.6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OS type: 64-bit
Pinephone Pro
Processors: 4 x ARM Cortex-A53, 2 x ARM Cortex-A72
Memory: 3.8 GiB of RAM
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