Re: FW: xorg-server 1.13.1-1: problems with xterm

[Ken Brown <kbrown at cornell dot edu>]

On 2/8/2013 1:15 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 06/02/2013 17:18, PRIKHODKO, GEORGE wrote:
> > After upgrading xorg-server and xorg-server-common packages from 1.13.0-1
> > to 1.13.1-1 version, xterm stopped responding to mouse events. I can select
> > a text in a xterm window, but I cannot paste in it using middle button;
> > holding Ctrl button and pressing one of mouse buttons doesn't bring 'Main
> > Options' or 'VT Fonts' menus. After rolling back to 1.13.0-1 version
> > everything works as I expect.
> >
> > I have four computers WIndows XP, Vista, 7 and 8, and run XWin in
> > multi-window mode:
> >
> > XWin -ac -clipboard -emulate3buttons -lesspointer -multiwindow
> >
> > All four computers show the same symptoms.
>
> It's really not necessary write 3 emails about this, and certainly doesn't get
> you a reply any faster.
>
> I can't reproduce this problem.
>
> Are you using a 3-button mouse? Does removing -emulate3buttons help?

I'm also seeing a mouse problem.  It involves the combination 
shift-leftbutton-rightbutton (intended to emulate shift-middlebutton) 
after I've started XWin with -emulate3buttons.  I use a 2-button mouse 
with a scroll wheel that can be pressed to serve as a third button.  But 
I find it hard to press the scroll wheel without turning it, so I prefer 
to use -emulate3buttons.

The shift-left-right combination used to be seen by emacs as 
shift-middle, but now emacs doesn't seem to see it at all.  Moreover, 
after I press it once, either in emacs or elsewhere, both emacs and 
xterm stop responding to some other mouse events.

To reproduce (without emacs):

1. Start the X server with

  startxwin -- -emulate3buttons

2. Press shift-left-right in an xterm window, using a mouse of the type 
I described.

3. Move the mouse over the titlebar of the xterm window.  The menu items 
don't get highlighted, and left-clicking on them has no effect.

The problem disappears if I remove the -emulate3buttons option; but 
that's not a good solution for me since I actually want to emulate 3 
buttons.

Ken

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