diff -urN xchat-2.0.10_org/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c xchat-2.0.10/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c
--- xchat-2.0.10_org/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c	2004-07-31 16:01:23.136745848 +0900
+++ xchat-2.0.10/src/fe-gtk/fkeys.c	2004-07-31 16:02:47.941853512 +0900
@@ -1371,6 +1371,10 @@
 	const char *text = gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (t));
 	GCompletion *gcomp = NULL;
 
+	/* force the IM Context to reset */
+	gtk_editable_set_editable( GTK_EDITABLE (t), FALSE );
+	gtk_editable_set_editable( GTK_EDITABLE (t), TRUE );
+
 	if (text[0] == 0)
 		return 1;