[Nano-devel] [bug] character insertion when holding Alt

[Benno Schulenberg]

Hi,

When holding down certain Alt-key combinations, the character of the 
held key gets inserted now and then into the file being edited.

For example, open with nano the ChangeLog in current CVS, go to the 
end of the file, switch on the constant cursor position display, 
then press and hold Alt+Spacebar -- and watch how here and there a 
space gets inserted.

It also happens when holding Alt+- or Alt+= for a while.  But only 
in big files, and when constant cursor position display is switched 
on.

Another occurrence is when repeating a search: search for example 
for "Fix typos", then press and hold Alt+W.  It happens in any 
large file with any string that occurs seldomly.  Also without 
constant cursor position display.

Calculating the cursor position and searching the entire file seems 
to take so much time that one or several keystrokes accumulate in a 
buffer, but without their Alt-component being registered.

Benno