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Pidgin: typing problem with character ^

2008-04-10
2013-01-14
  • Fürst Pückler

    Fürst Pückler - 2008-04-10

    Hi,
    I have moved from trillian to pidgin and I'm very happy now.
    The only problem I got right now is that I need to press ^ twice a time before pidgin is showing it >_<

    Regrettably ^ is the most used character in my conversations ^-^

    So does anybody know if there is a workaround for my problem?
    It would be very nice to fix this ^-^

    Thank you all ^-^
    -- Kayzah

     
    • Haibara

      Haibara - 2008-04-11

      With which protocol does this happen?

      I use ^_^ all the time in Pidgin, and haven't had any problems typing a ^.  Are you sure you haven't installed any plugins or smiley themes that might be watching for a ^?  (I don't think the Text Replacement plugin should be doing it, but you can always try turning that off, too.)

       
      • Fürst Pückler

        Fürst Pückler - 2008-04-11

        Thank you for your quick reply haibara! ^-^
        ^-^
        I'm using pidgin with icq-protocol (which I even used in my trillian-times).
        The only plugins I got installed are the fallowing default plugins which came with pidgin:
        - Buddy notes
        - History
        - Message Timestamp formats
        - release notification

        It's not impossible for me to type ^ but I need to press the ^ twice a time before it appears on screen. This is slowing down my typingspeed >_<

         
        • Etan Reisner

          Etan Reisner - 2008-04-11

          This is how GTK+ handles the US-International windows keyboard layout (and probably other layouts with deadkeys, I forget exactly). You can try switching Windows keyboard layouts or switching the GTK+ input method (via the right-click menu of the conversation input area). Or you could stop using anime smileys.

           
          • Fürst Pückler

            Fürst Pückler - 2008-04-14

            Hmmm...
            doesn't work for me. But thanks for your advice ^-^

            Can't stop typing kao's ^-^