[awesome bugs] #1303 - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events

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User who did this - Ram-Z (Ram-Z)

Attached to Project - awesome
Summary - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events
Task Type - Bug Report
Category - Core
Status - Unconfirmed
Assigned To -
Operating System - Linux
Severity - Medium
Priority - Normal
Reported Version - git/master
Due in Version - Undecided
Due Date - Undecided
Details - When keeping a key pressed the "key release" signal is being triggered
continously.

How to reproduce:

globalkeys = awful.util.table.join(globalkeys,
[...]
awful.key({ }, "F12",
function () io.stderr:write("pressed\n") end,
function () io.stderr:write("released\n") end )
}


Expected output when keeping the key pressed, a single 'release' event at the
end when the key is released:
pressed
pressed
[...]
pressed
released



Actual output, alternating 'pressed'/'released' events until the key is
released:
pressed
released
pressed
released
[...]
pressed
released

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FS#1303 - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events
User who did this - Ram-Z (Ram-Z)

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Confirmed on 3.5.5 release and v3.5.2-189-g983d094 git
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FS#1303 - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events
User who did this - Uli Schlachter (psychon)

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Who says that only a single release event should be generated?

Homework: Open a terminal, start "xev", press a key without releasing. You will see lots of KeyPress and KeyRelease events. Awesome just passes those on to lua.
Welcome to key repeat.
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The following task is now closed:

FS#1303 - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events
User who did this - Uli Schlachter (psychon)

Reason for closing: Not a bug
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FS#1303 - Keeping a key pressed triggers key release events
User who did this - Ram-Z (Ram-Z)

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oh, wow... I actually checked xev before posting here and only saw "Key Pressed" events. I suppose I suffered from some kind of extreme experimenter bias. This is simply a silly behaviour btw.

Well I guess, I'll have to work around that in my config rc then.


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