[ale] Typing "i" in a gaim IM window

Sonali Parikh sonali at vijedi.net
Thu Jan 26 12:54:53 EST 2006


Thanx Jim, that worked. I am now going to put in all my preference 
again, hopefully without messing something up!

Sonali

Jim Popovitch wrote:

>Try this (assuming Linux) command:
>
>   $ mv ~/.gaim ~/.gaim.old
>
>then restart gaim.
>
>-Jim P.
>
>Sonali Parikh wrote:
>  
>
>>Hey Aaron,
>>
>>I just installed the 1.5 version, again. And the problem still exists. I 
>>did check all the menu options/preferences, and I can't seem to figure 
>>out what's wrong. Probably some real silly thing that I keep missing. 
>>This obviously did not happen before yesterday.
>>
>>Sonali
>>
>>aaron wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>I don't do much IM, but I can suggest that since the i-key problem
>>>is specific to the one application, the key is most likely being interpreted
>>>by that program as a hot key or shortcut key.  Check the gaim menus and
>>>preferences and see if the key has become (or can be) assigned to a
>>>program function. If not, then it is likely a program bug and you should
>>>try a different release version.
>>>
>>>HTH!
>>>peace
>>>aaron
>>>
>>>On Thursday 26 January 2006 16:32, Sonali Parikh wrote:
>>>  
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I am having a weird problem:
>>>>I can't type the letter "i" in a gaim IM window! I can type 
>>>>"I"(Shift+i), but not "i" or CapsLock on + "i". I am able to type "i" in 
>>>>all other windows/applications/editors. I don't use the Text replacement 
>>>>plugin or anything like that, so I don't think that should be an issue.
>>>>
>>>>Any help is appreciated,
>>>>Thanx,
>>>>Sonali
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