How can I get Kupfer to respond to keystrokes?

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Kupfer is a keyboard-oriented program, so it's strange that it suddenly won't respond to any key commands. Once I summon it, the window pops up, but nothing I type has any effect.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '12 at 13:23

Start kupfer using the kupfer --debug command and try again: that won't make it work but will at least give you a hint on why it doesn't work.

It is likely that some plugin causes an error preventing kupfer from working.

I had this issue with the Empathy plugin and it has bothered me for hours.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '13 at 13:57

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This happened to me when I deleted a folder that was in the catalog of folders for Kupfer to monitor. I had to do a complete uninstall and reinstall via synaptic to resume normal function.

answered Apr 03 '13 at 13:57

Dave

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David Rivers · Answer 3 · 2016-05-21T01:15:50.643

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Does your window manager have "auto-raise" (automatic focusing of windows as the cursor moves over them) enabled? If so, then unless your mouse is already in the area on the screen where Kupfer shows itself, then focus will immediately revert to any window that the mouse is currently over.

edited May 21 '16 at 01:15

answered Dec 18 '11 at 22:19

David Rivers

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How can I get Kupfer to respond to keystrokes?

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