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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.





  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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