Fwd: [Xastir] STUPID Xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, ke4lkq wrote:

> For about the last year to year and a-half, xastir goes "stupid " on me.
> Here is what happens,
> start Xastir
> chose a pull down menu such as the maps menu,
> try to slide the vertical slide bar to access maps hidden above or below the
> menu borders and xastir just keeps scrolling!! doesn't stop untill it reachs
> which ever end it is headed for. Also I have to kill the menu with the little
> "x" in the upper right corner of the menu.  Close will not work
> Same for other configuration menu's using the slider.
> This can happen after just starting the program or after many days. No
> consistancy to when it happens.  Starting and stopping the program several
> time in rapid succession fixes it for a short while, then back to its old
> tricks.
> Is this a mouse problem, xastir problem, OS problem???
> I would appreciate it if someone would help me to get a handle on the problem
> once and for all.
>
> SuSe 9.0, generic install.
> Xfce window manager, etc

Have you tried with another window manager?  Sounds to me like
something is missing mouse events.  Could be the window manager, or
perhaps Xastir is not handling some event and then forgetting to
pass it off to the window manager for handling.

You get an event for every new position of the mouse, for every
mouse button push, for every mouse button release, possibly for
double-clicks as well.  If it handles a push but drops the release,
then by doing another push/release, SOMETHING should catch the
release.

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