Comment 16 for bug 1370953

Alex, how much did you pay for your copy of Ubuntu?

The problem is frustrating, but:
1) these people don't owe you anything
2) this is FOSS - go and do it yourself
3) solutions do exist.

Drop that tone!

Am 29.08.2017 9:55 nachm. schrieb "Alex" <email address hidden>:

> what the f*cking bullshit???? 21st century and you can't solve this
> annoying bug during several years??? F*ck your bloody UNITY and solve this
> simplest and most important problem!!!
> how to use the system if not possible to switch layout normally???
> shit! shit! shit!
>
> Ubuntu 17.04
>
> uname -a
> Linux 4.10.0-33-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 10:53:59 UTC 2017 i686
> i686 i686 GNU/Linux
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1370953
>
> Title:
> layout switch is delayed
>
> Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in gconf package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I have two layouts configured En and Ru with Ctrl-Shift as layout
> switch combo.
>
> When I start typing in wrong layout I notice it, hit Ctrl-Shift and type
> again, but more often than not it is wrong layout again.
> I repeat the action, but there is no luck. On the third attemt it
> usually either works OR the first letter is still in wrong layout, but the
> second is in correct one - i.e. layout switches as I type.
>
> The explanation for this is that layout switch takes very unreasonable
> time - much longer than it is needed to move your fingers from one
> key to the other. Each time I encounter the error I retry slower so on
> the third attempt it is slow enough to actually recognize that layout
> switch is happening, but with a delay.
>
> This is extremely annoying and unacceptable. If someone knows how to
> work around it - please post your suggestions here. It would be nice
> to have a solution for 3+ layouts setup as well.
>
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