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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (maschaub@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 17 19:45:13 1990
From: maschaub@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 90 19:44:56 EDT
Topic: xwindows
Question:
I think I found a bug in mwm.
If you click the right or middle button immediately followed by the left
button and release both buttons at the same time mwm dies until the
middle or right button is pressed in the background. This will stop
all input and confuse the user.
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--- Question grabbed by consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:16pm]
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:17pm]
Really?!?! Let me try....
--- User maschaub read reply.
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:20pm]
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:22pm]
Hmmm, I tried... Do you mean-- hold down the right or middle button and
immediately hold down the left button and then release both of them at
the same time? And this happens inside an xterm, right?
--- User maschaub read reply.
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:23pm]
*** Reply from user maschaub@M36-813-4.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:24pm]
No, in the background where you set the applications and mouse speed this o
occurs
*** Reply from user maschaub@M36-813-4.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:25pm]
I tried xev. It crashes the event handler. No events are recieved
or processed.
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:26pm]
Yeah, the little menu stays up on the screen. I'm not sure if that's a bug
or a "feature"... Let me check the documentations...
--- User maschaub read reply.
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:26pm]
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:31pm]
what do you mean by you tried xev? How did you crash it? When you try
middle-left button?
--- User maschaub read reply.
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:31pm]
*** Reply from user maschaub@M36-813-4.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:33pm]
xev is a program that monitors the event handler. Don't worry about that
I'm don't understand why the screen lockes up when you hit two buttons
almost at the same time.
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:34pm]
The problem is kind of hard to duplicate. xev reponds to my middle-left
click with no problem though....
*** Reply from consultant wilson@COPILOT.MIT.EDU [0].
[Tue 17-Jul-90 7:37pm]
I think it's more of a bug than a feature since it's so hard (relatively)
to duplicate. Send mail to bugs@athena.mit.edu
Thanks for notifying us!
