I used XQueryPointer in the prototype. If there's no objection, I can just put something similar back in.
-- _ ( \ _ \ /_ / _ _ Jason Weber Oceanside, CA \|(\/)())) \/\/(-/_)(-/( http://www.imonk.com/baboon [EMAIL PROTECTED] // [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/ On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:31:12AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 02:10:39AM -0700, Jason Weber wrote: > > It looks like key release bindings are gone. Is there a workaround to get > > this > > or does anyone have a suggestion on how I can fix this? > > I wish I knew a good way to do this. Key release bindings froze > fvwm or FvwmProxy too often to be usefull (e.g. if you opened a > menu with the key held down and released it before closing the > menu). So I removed the code again. > > I really like the flexibility of remote controlling FvwmProxy via > "SendToModule", but it doesn't work on key release. It's > virtually impossible to guarantee no key realeas events are lost > unless the keyboard is grabbed, but then either fvwm or FvwmProxy > grabs it and the other will freeze (well, if FvwmProxy is remote > controlled, it does not need keyboard input, but then we still > have to prevent fvwm from running arbitrary functions). > > One solution might be to let fvwm pass a keycode to FvwmProxy. > The module could actively watch the state of the key and close if > it has been released. To keep the code simple, we could allow > just modifiers (which are easier to watch). > > > If the focus isn't on a proxy, will FvwmProxy get any alternate > > indication of the alt release? > > Not from fvwm. > > > I don't suppose the event will hit an X KeyPress. > > Ciao > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ > > -- > Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
