no mouse support in xjed 0.99.19

Jörg Sommer joerg at alea.gnuu.de
Fri Nov 2 10:52:27 UTC 2007


Hallo G.,

G. Milde schrieb am Fri 02. Nov, 08:34 (+0100):
> On  1.11.07, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > G. Milde schrieb am Tue 30. Oct, 14:10 (+0100):
> > > I installed
> > > 
> > > Jed Version: 0.99.19-117
> > > S-Lang Version: 2.0.7
> > > 
> > > from the Debian/experimental section, but do not get it working:
> > > 
> > > There is a problem with the mouse interaction:
> > > 
> > > * mouse clicks are ignored
> > > * quoted_insert() or get_keystring() do not show a received key-string either
> 
> > The multikey patch breaks jed. 
> 
> So why is jed than packed with this patch?
> 
> What do you gain by it?

Mutlikey support.

> > Mouse clicks and some other X events are delayed. You have to press a
> > modifier key (mutliple times) to get the queue flushed.
> 
> Is this *very* unusual behaviour documented anywhere? 
> Are there plans to fix it at some stage?

Yes.

> I know, it is "experimental", but I'd still like to see a prominent
> warning somewhere.

Oh, yes. I print a warning to stdout. :)

> At least for me, it renders jed
> unusable, as I rely on instant feedback when working with a mouse.

So, it might be better to stay with kedit.

Have a nice weekend, Jörg.
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