From b1a1be6f4e27f4276fe834ef32427bc68d10e731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:50:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] + workaround for strange behaviour of Qt 4.8 regarding
 period/colon

---
 src/Gui/PythonConsole.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Gui/PythonConsole.cpp b/src/Gui/PythonConsole.cpp
index 28586eb4c..e900b5168 100644
--- a/src/Gui/PythonConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/PythonConsole.cpp
@@ -539,10 +539,18 @@ void PythonConsole::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * e)
 
           case Qt::Key_Period:
           {
-              // analyse context and show available call tips
-              int contextLength = cursor.position() - inputLineBegin.position();
-              TextEdit::keyPressEvent(e);
-              d->callTipsList->showTips( inputStrg.left( contextLength ) );
+              // In Qt 4.8 there is a strange behaviour because when pressing ":"
+              // then key is also set to 'Period' instead of 'Colon'. So we have
+              // to make sure we only handle the period.
+              if (e->text() == QLatin1String(".")) {
+                  // analyse context and show available call tips
+                  int contextLength = cursor.position() - inputLineBegin.position();
+                  TextEdit::keyPressEvent(e);
+                  d->callTipsList->showTips( inputStrg.left( contextLength ) );
+              }
+              else {
+                  TextEdit::keyPressEvent(e);
+              }
           }   break;
 
           case Qt::Key_Home: