--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/MapWidget.pm	2006/04/24 02:41:48	1.9
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/MapWidget.pm	2006/04/24 03:19:42	1.10
@@ -353,10 +353,13 @@
       }
    } elsif ($ev->{sym} == 27) {
       $self->emit ("close");
-   } elsif ($ev->{unicode}) {
+   } elsif ((chr $ev->{unicode}) =~ /^[[:alpha:]]$/) {
       $self->{search} .= chr $ev->{unicode};
       $self->update_labels;
    }
+
+   length $self->{search}
+      or $self->emit ("close");
 }
 
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