On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:51:46 +0200, Marc MERLIN <m...@merlins.org> wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Carsten Haitzler ----- > >> Hi Raster, >> >> Sorry for bothering you :) >> >> With e16, I had firefox that was launching and doing a bunch of busy >> stuff. >> It grabbed my cursor which turned into an X, and I found no way to get >> it >> to release it. >> Firefox was responsive, I could open its menus with ALT+f and so forth, >> but the mouse cursor was just hosed: it moved but it was trapped within >> my firefox window and I couldn't click on anything. >> >> CTRL+ALT+END didn't work either in that state, I actually had to do CTRL >> ALT F1, and in text mode do an eesh restart to finally get my cursor >> back. >> >> Is there a way to recover in that case? > > hmm this smells like an ooooooooooold feature i had in e that allowed > you to > bind some action to "grab the mouse" to a window and keep it there - > this was > intended for games etc. - but this is sooooooooooooo log ago i am hazy > on the > details. it may have just been an idea i had too. :) i havent touched > e16 in > many years :) > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > Does someone know about that bind action and especially how to break out > of > it? :) > I guess this is a bug in e16 (or X11) that has been around now and then, although I haven't seen it myself in ages. Which e16 version is this? You could add e.g. KeyDown A F9 debug grab unset to bindings.cfg, which makes Alt-F9 break all (e16's) pointer grabs. However, simply using the focus list (Alt-Tab) should also do that. /Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
