GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 661915
Left/right arrow and backspace key don't work in account register when using X Input Method (XIM)
Last modified: 2018-06-29 23:02:08 UTC
When GnuCash is run with X Input Method (XIM), the left arrow, right arrow and backspace keys do not work in the account register, for example when modifiying the description or amount of a transaction. This renders the program mostly unusable with XIM. The problem does not seem to be present in other parts of the GUI. Here are the steps to recreate the problem in a Debian system: sudo apt-get install scim mkdir -p ~/.scim echo "/SupportedUnicodeLocales = $LANG" > ~/.scim/global export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM" export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim killall scim-launcher scim -d gnucash Then go to the account register, and try to hit "backspace" in the description of some transaction: nothing happens.
I got this bug too. environment: Arch Linux Gnucash 2.4.10
I have the same here after the update to Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnucash 2.4.10 (r21973 built 12.02.2012) :(
I have the same problem in ArchLinux with Gnucash 2.4.11 (r22264M 2012-08-10). This makes me crazy... I can't type Chinese character or use arrow/backspace keys.
I think maybe I have this as well though I don't exactly know what XIM is. I just installed gnucash 2.6.5 on ubuntu 14.10 64bit. The delete, backspace as well as the left and right arrow keys do not work in the register. They work fine for popups like invoices.
I have the same problem. Ubuntu 15.04 GnuCash 2.6.4, 2.6.6 LXDE I just checked env. It says: GTK_IM_MODULE=xim So far was not able to find work around :(.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607673 Working work around $ ps ax | grep xim 1926 ? Ssl 0:02 /usr/bin/ibus-daemon --daemonize --xim $ kill 1926
Just small note: your session will hang after a while, so better close everything and save often, but it is a small price to pay for being able to use gnucash again.
Reassign version to 2.4.x so that individual 2.4 versions can be retired.
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