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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 01:22:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zgflmc2b.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu via's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:33:32 +0800") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::441; envelope-from=visuweshm@gmail.com; helo=mail-pf1-x441.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:241171 Archived-At: [=E0=AE=AA=E0=AF=81=E0=AE=A4=E0=AE=A9=E0=AF=8D =E0=AE=86=E0=AE=95=E0=AE=B8= =E0=AF=8D=E0=AE=9F=E0=AF=8D 31, 2022] Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,= the Swiss army knife of text editors" wrote: > Visuwesh writes: > >> I wonder if I can pull this off using debug Emacs running in Xephyr and >> with a single mouse attached > > My experience is that subtle bugs with pointer grabbing cannot be > reproduced in Xephyr (or any environment you specifically set up for > debugging) at all, but it can't hurt to try. I tried emacs -Q in Xephyr and it seemed to exhibit the bug but the real challenge comes when I attach the debugger to the Emacs process, of course. >> (or maybe I can get my touchpad and mouse to be separate "mice" >> somehow) > > You could try adding a new master pointer and attaching the device you > want to behave separately to it. Thanks for the hint. This will help me. > The disadvantage is that 99% of window managers have no proper support > for multi-pointer X environments, and either crash or freeze. > > I think mpwm is the only window manager that will work, but it will take > a lot of time to find a recent copy. It was surprisingly easy to find. % git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/~whot/mpwm did it for me. This looks like the right window manager to me upon reading the README file. [ I got this URL from this random webpage https://readlist.com/lists/lists.freedesktop.org/xorg/6/33596.html that turned up in Brave search. ]