Phrases show up wrong on Firefox and Thunderbird

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I've set up text phrases to be triggered by abbreviations

2. When triggering the phrases in FF or TB some letters or white-spaces don't 
show up, totally random. Tried 10 times in a row an the mistakes always show up 
differently. 
Additionally, at times the first letter from the abbreviation gets printed 
before the phrase. 

3. They all work perfectly in other apps (gedit, chromium...)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The phrase shows up randomly wrong. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Running Ubuntu (both 13.10 and 14.04) and autokey 0.90.4 (tried older versions 
as well). 

Please provide any additional information below.
attaching a file with 20 random examples for 1 phrase.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by teodor.s...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2014 at 7:35

Attachments:

• autokey.odt

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I am experiencing the same issue. All was fine until Firefox 29. I have 
uninstalled all plugins and retested with same effect. This does not happen in 
any other program on the same machine so I believe it is limited to firefox. 
Its no better in Firefox 30. This is killing me. I have had to switch to Chrome 
at work to get my job done. Please email me if there is anything you need from 
me to test or troubleshoot.

Thanks!

Original comment by luke.van...@gmail.com on 1 May 2014 at 9:58

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Actually, it was OK until Firefox 28. 29 is the same.

Original comment by luke.van...@gmail.com on 1 May 2014 at 10:22

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I'm using Firefox 34, on Xubuntu.  When using Autokey in Chrome or Chromium, 
trigger characters are replaced with the correct text.  When using Firefox, 
some of the trigger characters are NOT removed.  It's not always the same, 
sometimes just two of the four trigger characters remain, sometimes it's just 
one.  It rarely works correctly.  

Original comment by wil...@wilbur.us on 5 Jan 2015 at 5:37

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I also experienced this issue for a while. Finally being fed up with it I took 
a look at the source code and figured out a patch that adds a sleep+flush so 
Firefox and Thunderbird keep up with it. Maybe you might need to increase the 
sleep time on your system if it's slower. See attachment for the patch.

Original comment by stayfun2...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2015 at 10:24

Attachments:

• autokey.patch

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Where do I sent the beer and pizza? That patch appears to be working so far!

Original comment by carl.hea...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2015 at 3:27