Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:32:18 EST From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> To: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Odd X behaviour Message-ID: <199508251432.KAA26472@exalt.x.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:23:32 EST. <Pine.SUN.3.91.950824191900.16087C-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov>
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> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Frank Nobis wrote:
>
> > Check wether the numlock is active or not. If You have numlock
> > pressed, xterm and many other clients don't respond to mouse events as
> > one would expect.
>
> Cool - that seemed to be it!! What's also odd os that pressing the "Num
> Lock" key leaves the "Num Lock" *LIGHT* turned on, but alternatively
> pressing it enables/disables the buttons. Weird.
Toggle the value of the "typematic keyboard" in your CMOS setup. The
newer Key Tronic keyboards and who knows what else now latch the Caps_Lock
and Num_Lock keys. The BIOS won't know what kind of keyboard you've got
unless you tell it.
> !!*THANKS*!! for the hint!
>
> > This seems to be a generall X problem. This behaviour is reproducable
> > on Sun workstations too.
>
Get thyself patched. This is fixed in fix-12. Here's a patch for xterm
that didn't make it into fix-12:
*** charproc.c Wed Apr 5 19:59:00 1995
--- programs/xterm/charproc.c Thu Aug 24 17:06:01 1995
***************
*** 1,5 ****
/*
! * $XConsortium: charproc.c,v 1.183 95/04/05 19:59:00 kaleb Exp $
*/
/*
--- 1,5 ----
/*
! * $XConsortium: charproc.c /main/185 1995/08/24 17:05:11 kaleb $
*/
/*
***************
*** 276,301 ****
*/
static char defaultTranslations[] =
"\
! Shift <KeyPress> Prior:scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Next:scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Select:select-cursor-start() select-cursor-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Insert:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! ~Meta <KeyPress>:insert-seven-bit() \n\
! Meta <KeyPress>:insert-eight-bit() \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! ~Meta <Btn1Down>:select-start() \n\
! ~Meta <Btn1Motion>:select-extend() \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Down>:ignore() \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn3Down>:start-extend() \n\
! ~Meta <Btn3Motion>:select-extend() \n\
! <BtnUp>:select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! <BtnDown>:bell(0) \
";
static XtActionsRec actionsList[] = {
--- 276,307 ----
*/
static char defaultTranslations[] =
"\
! Shift <KeyPress> Prior:scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Next:scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Select:select-cursor-start() select-cursor-end(PRIMARY , CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! Shift <KeyPress> Insert:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! ~Meta <KeyPress>:insert-seven-bit() \n\
! Meta <KeyPress>:insert-eight-bit() \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! ! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! ~Meta <Btn1Down>:select-start() \n\
! ~Meta <Btn1Motion>:select-extend() \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! ! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Down>:ignore() \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! !Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! !Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! ! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn3Down>:start-extend() \n\
! ~Meta <Btn3Motion>:select-extend() \n\
! <BtnUp>:select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
! <BtnDown>:bell(0) \
";
static XtActionsRec actionsList[] = {
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