Public bug reported:
In Nemo 1.8.4-1.1, the rename box stops echoing characters after the 2nd
shifted character (provided there is SOMETHING non-shifted after the
first shifted char).
Example: I want to enter "ThisIsAFileName", but the only thing visible in the
box is "This"
"ThisisaFileName" shows only "Thisisa"
"HHHH" works, but "HhHHHHH" shows only "Hh"
I noticed this with capital letters, but then, on an impulse, tested shifted
non-letters...
"!111!!!" echos only "!111"
[I just noticed something: "HHHH" only works if YOU HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY
(i.e. if you type <shift> "HHHH" it works, but NOT if you try
<shift>H<shift>H<shift>H<shift>H ==> only "H")]
<backspace> counts as a letter: If I type "HH", and then <backspace>, there is
no more echo: "H"
If I enter "HH" and backspace twice, there is "" - type "ffff" fine, but then
try to type "H", one is left with only the "ffff"
BUT: <shift-backspace> seems to work the same as <backspace>, but
"HH" <shift-H-H-backspace-backspace-H-H > (<shift> pressed and HELD) ==> "HH"
Note: Nemo is still reading the keyboard input, and when <enter> is
pressed, the name will show everything.
If <ctrl-v> is used to copy into the rename box, it acts the same as a shifted
char:
If the clipboard contains "box", <ctrl-v><ctrl-v><ctrl-v> yields "boxboxbox",
but if <ctrl-v> then a space, then <ctrl-v>, one gets only "box ".
If <ctrl-v> then a backspace, then <ctrl-v>, one gets only "bo"
[Note that SOMETIMES, the FIRST <ctrl-v> yields nothing - it seems intermittent
- maybe every 3rd or 4th attempt...]
If one types something (say "tom ")and selects it and delete/copies (<ctrl-x>),
then if one does <ctrl-v-v-v> one sees "tom tom tom ", but if one
does <ctrl-v><ctrl-v><ctrl-v> one sees nothing at all.
If one combines <shift> and <ctrl> (say, typing "Tom " (capital "T" this time),
then even the <ctrl-z> doesn't seem to have an effect - "Tom " remains in the
box, selected...
I speculate, that if other modification keys (<alt>, <windows>, OTHER
<alt>, etc.) can generate visible output (especially with other
languages - like the Euro symbol in German), they may have the same
effect as <shift> and <ctrl>, but I have not tested them.
I summarize my results as follows: the second time a character-
modification key is pressed seems to turn off echoing.
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scott@scott-AsusM2N68-AM-Plus:~$ uname -a
Linux scott-AsusM2N68-AM-Plus 3.13.0-29-generic-tuxonice #53~ppa1-Ubuntu SMP
Fri Jun 6 17:27:38 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
scott@scott-AsusM2N68-AM-Plus:~$ lsb_release -dsc
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
trusty
scott@scott-AsusM2N68-AM-Plus:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
Lubuntu
** Affects: nemo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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