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Re: middle mouse button weirdness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Otto Hammersmith)
Mon Nov 4 15:36:23 1996
From: Otto Hammersmith <ohammers@cu-online.com>
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:30:58 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961104104953.4768E-100000@solace.3e.org> from "Daniel M. Drucker" at Nov 4, 96 10:57:52 am
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Daniel M. Drucker wrote:
>
> I'll do my best to describe this problem.
> This is under Colgate, with all update RPMs applied.
>
> Example from xterm:
> [Control+Middle Button] pops up the VT Options menu. As soon as I
> _move_ the mouse at all, the menu disappears. If I then _release_ the
> mouse button (holding the mouse still), the menu appears again. If I
> then move the mouse the menu disappears.
> (This makes it impossible to use the VT Options menu.)
I have this same problem.
I had thought it was because I was using gpm to translate my MS three
button mouse into MouseSystems events for X... perhaps not. :-/
> Example from xdvi:
> [Control+Middle Button] pops up the 'medium' zoom box. As soon as I
> _move_ the mouse at all, the zoom box goes away. If I then _release_
> the mouse button (holding the mouse still), the box appears again. If I
> then move the mouse the box disappears.
> (This makes it annoying to use the medium zoom box, as it cannot be
> moved around.)
I'll see if I have this problem when I get home.
Anyone have ideas on a solution?
--
-Otto
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