> >>> The problem here is, when running vi in an xterm and the mouse slowly > >>> (unnoticed) > >>> moves over the scrollbar or out of the xterm, and you want to jump to > >>> mark "a, > >>> you need to enter `a, that is in keystrokes > >> > > > >> I'll experiment to see if I can reproduce this effect with my environment. > >> thanks for the detailed explanation. > > > > > > Hi Thomas, > > > > yes, I'm talking about dead keys = compose sequences. > > > > Was it possible to you to reproduce it in your environment? Typing dead key > > ` apostrophe > > then press letter "a" while the mouse pointer is over the scrollbar area of > > an xterm? > > yes - I can reproduce it. Actually once I was made aware of the issue, > I could see in my mind where the problem might lie. But I just verified > it since you reminded me (on one of my Linux machines). > > My idea about the problem is that since xterm has setup translations > (which capture the input) on more than one widget (without appearing to > address this special case), that it might be that there's a better point > in the widget to attach the translations to. > > This was discussed a little late in the #277 cycle to want to hold that > up, so I had in mind to spend some time investigating a solution for it > during #278. >
Hi Thomas, I would like to report, that above problem still exists. I tested against xterm-281. Regards, Paul -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
