On 11/25/2010 08:29 PM, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
Dear List,
I have recently installed opensuse 11.3 with kde on a new-built system.
Somehow my terminal settings got messed up. When I type a command in xterm there appears a little white box at the bottom with the characters as they are typed.rather than after the command prompt. I'd rather see the characters in the actual xterm window than in the box.
When I try to use tab completion it does not follow expected behavior, i.e., it does not complete what it should but rather gives me a list of possible completions none of which contain what I want.
For example, I occasionally use acroread. Rather than type the whole command I used to be able to type "acr" and use tab completion to finish the command. If I typed "ac" nothing would happen because there would be some other command starting with the same letters. Now in the console, when I type "acr" and try to use tab completion I get the following choices from the console, none of which contains "acroread" : 1. AC 2. ace 3. acer 4. ACL 5. ACM 6. acre 7. ACS 8. act 9. air 0. Apr AR arc. If I do the same from whithin an xterm window I get the completion "acre"
Needless to say, this behavior drives me nuts. How can I get the old behavior back? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards, Alex.
Alex, Yes, that is frustrating as hell! Somebody really botched the design of that damn little annoying thing. I think you are referring to SCIM (Smart Common Input Method platform). Which is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. My original post from July 20 was: [opensuse] 11.3 kde4 konsole - How to kill the stupid white spell check box that is trying to spell check my aliases?? <quote> Guys, What is this stupid white spell check box that pops up in konsole that looks like it might be a spell checker?? That damn thing makes me have to hit enter twice every time I enter one of my short aliases (like x to exit). I know it must be something like a spell checker, but it isn't in my systray so I can kill it, and it isn't smart enough not to try and spell-check my cli input?? What is it, and how do I kill it? </quote> The solution (by Will Stephenson) <quote> I'm guessing it's an IM (Input Methods) UI, for typing in non-Latin alphabets. It's not on the default install, but when it is present it hooks into Qt and pops up on certain key combinations to cause mass confusion in unsuspecting Latin typists. Try uninstalling scim-qtimm and logging back in. Will </quote> Good luck. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org