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- From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
- Subject: Re: Motif on X386???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.153131.28738@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
- References: <1992Aug18.174802.9845@BitBlocks.com> <090m_#b.hasty@netcom.com> <1992Aug19.062455.12847@BitBlocks.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:31:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.062455.12847@BitBlocks.com> bvs@BitBlocks.com (Bakul Shah) writes:
- >hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Aug18.174802.9845@BitBlocks.com> bvs@BitBlocks.com (Bakul Shah) writes:
- >>>Make sure you are using the latest com.c driver (with select()
- >>>bug fixed). But even then there is some problem with the mouse
- >>>code in X386 as the very first button press is not seen until
- >>>after you either release the button or move the mouse a bit.
- >>>
- >>>If you wish to track this problem down, check out file
- >>>$X11R5/mit/server/ddx/x386/x386Io.c. Routine x386MseEvents()
- >>>seems to be the culprit.
- >>>
- >>Rich (rich@rice.edu) already fix this problem in the next upcoming release
- >>of X386 1.2E 1.0.2 for 386bsd 0.1, please ask him for the fix. The problem
- >>in a nutshell is that X386Io.c is not setting the cflag. the fix was also
- >>previously posted by me.
- >
- >I have already applied that patch but I still see the same symptom.
- >May be this only happens with a Microsoft compatible mouse.
-
- If you have 3ButtonEmulation turned on then this is the reason. With
- this enabled the button push event is not acknowledged until another
- mouse event is received. This happens with X386 on all platforms.
-
- If someone can some up with a better 3button emulation method for 2 button
- mice, then let us know.
-
- David
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