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Re: Problem with mouse events in XWin server


Thanks for the reply, I'll remember it about cygwin-xfree.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> wrote:
> On 07/09/2010 14:31, Jurgen Defurne wrote:
>>
>> At work I use my portable as X server for a remote Linux machine. I can
>> use
>> two brands of software, Reflection X, which is installed by our IT
>> department,
>> or Cygwin XWin, which I install my self.
>>
>> The application which I need to access is Continuus, which is Motif based.
>>
>> What is now my problem? When I start Continuus using Reflection, I am
>> missing
>> some fonts. I think it are the TTF and Type1 fonts that are missing,
>> but Reflection
>> cannot handle them.
>>
>> When I start XWin using 'startxwin', I can connect to Continuus and I get
>> my
>> missing fonts. However, there is something else that is now missing.
>>
>> When one right-clicks on a screen element in Continuus, then a context
>> dependent menu should pop-up. However, with XWin this does not happen.
>>
>> I used 'xev' to see the differences in mouse events, and in XWin I see the
>> following :
>>
>> ButtonPress event, serial 21, synthetic NO, window 0x200001,
>> ? ? root 0x44, subw 0x0, time 27589328, (123,42), root:(185,627),
>> ? ? state 0x10, button 3, same_screen YES
>>
>> while using Reflection X I see
>>
>> ButtonPress event, serial 22, synthetic NO, window 0x400001,
>> ? ? root 0x3b, subw 0x0, time 16229, (132,53), root:(184,187),
>> ? ? state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES
>
> X related questions belong on the cygwin-xfree list.
>
> I think you have num-lock on. See [1].
>
> [1] http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#numlock-modifier
>
> --
> Jon TURNEY
> Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
>

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