autokey-gtk blocks keyboard input on second attempt to execute python script in 12.10 quantal

[Jan Nekvasil]

autokey-gtk 0.90.1-1 in current Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal completely blocks keyboard input to X server when trying to execute python script for second time.

Steps to reproduce:

1) open arbitrary window where is possible to write some text.
2) call some autokey python script either by hotkey or abbreviation. The script crashes without any visible output to the text editing area.
3) call the same script again. Now the keyboard input doesn't work anymore; only help is to kill autokey process.

Terminal output:

Exception in thread Phrase-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 552, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 505, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/service.py", line 464, in execute
    self.app.notify_error(_("The script '%s' encountered an error") % script.description)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkapp.py", line 239, in notify_error
    self.notifier.notify_error(message)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkui/notifier.py", line 145, in notify_error
    self.show_notify(message, Gtk.STOCK_DIALOG_ERROR)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/gtkui/notifier.py", line 156, in show_notify
    Gdk.threads_enter()
NameError: global name 'Gdk' is not defined

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

Can you clarify whether this issue still persists in 0.91.1-1.1 on 12.10?

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

Ah, this required running the script more than just twice, and waiting some time.

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

This is fixable with a one-line change, and is resolved in 0.90.4.

See: https://code.google.com/p/autokey/source/diff?spec=svn557&r=544&format=side&path=/trunk/src/lib/gtkui/notifier.py&old_path=/trunk/src/lib/gtkui/notifier.py&old=541

[Thomas (tux12345)]

This issue is fixed in 0.95.9, which is part of Ubuntu 20.04