From: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: Stefan <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, 57320@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57320: 29.0.50; Lucid menus can't be operated with the mouse
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:38:11 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878rn53juc.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czcioxir.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:07:08 +0800")
[செவ்வாய் ஆகஸ்ட் 30, 2022] Po Lu wrote:
> Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What exactly does "do this from another machine" mean? I would like to
>> help debug this but I don't understand what you mean: do you mean to
>> control my computer running Emacs from another physical computer?
>
> Yes, as long as:
>
> - the Emacs window remains in the same stacking order as when the mouse
> button was pressed.
>
> - you do not use the mouse or keyboard again.
>
> - input devices remain attached (meaning that you cannot do things such
> as switch to another virtual terminal.)
>
> So in effect, the only practical way to debug menu grabs is to run the
> debugger from another physical machine. (Unless you have multiple X
> servers with their own keyboards and mice running simultaneously.)
I wonder if I can pull this off using debug Emacs running in Xephyr and
with a single mouse attached (or maybe I can get my touchpad and mouse
to be separate "mice" somehow). I will see if I can do something some
time later this week and report back. Thanks for the clarification.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-30 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-21 14:43 bug#57320: 29.0.50; Lucid menus can't be operated with the mouse Stefan via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-21 15:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-08-21 15:08 ` Visuwesh
2022-08-21 15:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-08-22 1:35 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-30 7:23 ` Visuwesh
2022-08-30 10:07 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-30 14:08 ` Visuwesh [this message]
2022-08-31 1:33 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-31 8:22 ` Visuwesh
2022-08-31 11:17 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-08-31 14:19 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-04 4:37 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-04 5:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-04 5:36 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-09-04 5:54 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-04 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-04 6:43 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-04 8:34 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-09-04 8:41 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-06 9:44 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-06 8:33 ` Jean Louis
2022-09-06 10:23 ` Visuwesh
2022-09-06 8:22 ` Jean Louis
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