Re: FVWM: Menu Bug ??

From: Jim Knoble <jmknoble_at_mercury.interpath.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:42:17 -0500 (EST)

do you have NumLock or CapsLock pressed? X11R6 and later have made the
*Lock keys into modifiers; fvwm has strange behavior when they're
activated (e.g., ClickToFocus works oddly if NumLock is pressed).

--jim

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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Eric Kahler wrote:

: I've noticed a strange behavior (which seems new to 2.0.45) with my
: menus since upgrading.
:
: I invoke my "main" menu for calling applications via a keystroke, and
: like to poke around the menu using the arrow keys or start apps via a
: single letter key stroke. But "sometimes" (I know that isn't much help,
: and I've tried to narrow this down to a specific event, but have been
: unable to thus far) pressing the key invokes the menu, but then it seems
: the keyboard is "disjoint" from the menu. By disjoint I mean: no keys
: have any effect on the menu. I can not scroll down the menu, nor can
: any of my letter keys (corresponding to an application name) start any
: apps, nor does the ESC key get rid of the menu. . . the only thing that
: can operate on the menu is the mouse.
:
: If I can be of any assistance in narrowing down the possible causes of
: this behavior please let me know.
:
: Eric.
: --

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