Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
- Original Message - | From: "Frank McCormick" | To: "Thomas Dickey" | Cc: mc@gnome.org | Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2020 4:09:26 PM | Subject: Re: Mouse stopped working in MC | On 2/2/20 1:24 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote: |> On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 09:08:33AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: |>> |>> |>> On 2/2/20 6:04 AM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: |>>> I would be careful about assigning blame with xterm maintainer also |>>> reading this list ;-) Maybe we are doing something that gets xterm |>>> confused... do you have a way of consistenly reproducing the problem? |>>> |>>> On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Adam Pribyl wrote: |>>> | Is it reproducible? This happens from time to time, but is not mc | fault but xterm. It shoul help to reset the term with "reset" | command. | | On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: | |> I am running Debian Sid fully updated. My mouse has stopped |> working in MC. Instead I get key codes on the MC command line. |> I normally run MC in an xterm. |> |> How do I go about resolving this. |>>> |>> |>> On my machine, if I go into /usr/bin and run xterm directly, THEN run mc (or |>> mc -x) the mouse works properly. However |>> if I pass any parameters to xterm, such as -g 150x40 -e mc |>> then the mouse stops working and I get keycodes on the |>> mc command line. |>> |>> I should note that I get into /usr/bin by running this small |>> script. |>> |>> cd ~ |>> xterm -g 153x40+150+20 -fn 10x20 |> |> That could be this bug: |> |> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495435 |> |> e.g., if xterm is confused about the screensize due to this |> race (which is hard to fix due to the interaction between |> X11, Xt libraries and the window manager -- there's _always_ |> a delay). |> |> As a workaround, just typing "resize" should fix that. |> |> If you happen to see the problem again, it's worth a moment to verify. |> |> fwiw, I do this: |> |> resize -s 40 80 |> |> to get a 40x80 screen (works _all_ the time :-) |> | | After further experimentation I discovered the problem only arises | when I use the -e parameter to xterm to run MC directly. | When I do that i.e. xterm -e mc , the mouse doesn't work. Right now I am | working around that by using urxvt and avoiding xterm | entirely when I need to use the -e parameter. I have also tried | the wrappers uxterm and lxterm and both render the mouse inoperable when | I use the -e parameter. | I still am not sure what the problem is...why would urxvt not | suffer from it ? with "-e", you just get the command you asked for, no login-shell. rxvt and others may imitate xterm, but sometimes get the details a little off. You might be able to see the difference using strace -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
On 2/2/20 1:24 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 09:08:33AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: On 2/2/20 6:04 AM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: I would be careful about assigning blame with xterm maintainer also reading this list ;-) Maybe we are doing something that gets xterm confused... do you have a way of consistenly reproducing the problem? On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Adam Pribyl wrote: Is it reproducible? This happens from time to time, but is not mc fault but xterm. It shoul help to reset the term with "reset" command. On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running Debian Sid fully updated. My mouse has stopped working in MC. Instead I get key codes on the MC command line. I normally run MC in an xterm. How do I go about resolving this. On my machine, if I go into /usr/bin and run xterm directly, THEN run mc (or mc -x) the mouse works properly. However if I pass any parameters to xterm, such as -g 150x40 -e mc then the mouse stops working and I get keycodes on the mc command line. I should note that I get into /usr/bin by running this small script. cd ~ xterm -g 153x40+150+20 -fn 10x20 That could be this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495435 e.g., if xterm is confused about the screensize due to this race (which is hard to fix due to the interaction between X11, Xt libraries and the window manager -- there's _always_ a delay). As a workaround, just typing "resize" should fix that. If you happen to see the problem again, it's worth a moment to verify. fwiw, I do this: resize -s 40 80 to get a 40x80 screen (works _all_ the time :-) After further experimentation I discovered the problem only arises when I use the -e parameter to xterm to run MC directly. When I do that i.e. xterm -e mc , the mouse doesn't work. Right now I am working around that by using urxvt and avoiding xterm entirely when I need to use the -e parameter. I have also tried the wrappers uxterm and lxterm and both render the mouse inoperable when I use the -e parameter. I still am not sure what the problem is...why would urxvt not suffer from it ? Frank ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 09:08:33AM -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > On 2/2/20 6:04 AM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: > > I would be careful about assigning blame with xterm maintainer also > > reading this list ;-) Maybe we are doing something that gets xterm > > confused... do you have a way of consistenly reproducing the problem? > > > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Adam Pribyl wrote: > > > > > Is it reproducible? This happens from time to time, but is not mc > > > fault but xterm. It shoul help to reset the term with "reset" > > > command. > > > > > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > > > I am running Debian Sid fully updated. My mouse has stopped > > > > working in MC. Instead I get key codes on the MC command line. > > > > I normally run MC in an xterm. > > > > > > > > How do I go about resolving this. > > > > On my machine, if I go into /usr/bin and run xterm directly, THEN run mc (or > mc -x) the mouse works properly. However > if I pass any parameters to xterm, such as -g 150x40 -e mc > then the mouse stops working and I get keycodes on the > mc command line. > > I should note that I get into /usr/bin by running this small > script. > > cd ~ > xterm -g 153x40+150+20 -fn 10x20 That could be this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495435 e.g., if xterm is confused about the screensize due to this race (which is hard to fix due to the interaction between X11, Xt libraries and the window manager -- there's _always_ a delay). As a workaround, just typing "resize" should fix that. If you happen to see the problem again, it's worth a moment to verify. fwiw, I do this: resize -s 40 80 to get a 40x80 screen (works _all_ the time :-) -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: On 2/2/20 6:04 AM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: I would be careful about assigning blame with xterm maintainer also reading this list ;-) Maybe we are doing something that gets xterm confused... do you have a way of consistenly reproducing the problem? On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Adam Pribyl wrote: Is it reproducible? This happens from time to time, but is not mc fault but xterm. It shoul help to reset the term with "reset" command. On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running Debian Sid fully updated. My mouse has stopped working in MC. Instead I get key codes on the MC command line. I normally run MC in an xterm. How do I go about resolving this. On my machine, if I go into /usr/bin and run xterm directly, THEN run mc (or mc -x) the mouse works properly. However if I pass any parameters to xterm, such as -g 150x40 -e mc then the mouse stops working and I get keycodes on the mc command line. I should note that I get into /usr/bin by running this small script. cd ~ xterm -g 153x40+150+20 -fn 10x20 I do this because I run rox-filer to put icons on the desktop with Icewm. Since this problem started, I have changed running xterm to running lxterm (for a unicode env) and the problem has disappeared. xterm should be also utf8 capable, if this is enabled during build (ctrl+right click should shoul utf8 stuff - if this is enough). I also use IceWm on Fedora and I am not able to reproduce it this way, but I know it happens from time to time... The problem has been resolved but I don't understand what is happening or why. Frank ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
On 2/2/20 6:04 AM, Yury V. Zaytsev wrote: I would be careful about assigning blame with xterm maintainer also reading this list ;-) Maybe we are doing something that gets xterm confused... do you have a way of consistenly reproducing the problem? On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, Adam Pribyl wrote: Is it reproducible? This happens from time to time, but is not mc fault but xterm. It shoul help to reset the term with "reset" command. On Sat, 1 Feb 2020, Frank McCormick wrote: I am running Debian Sid fully updated. My mouse has stopped working in MC. Instead I get key codes on the MC command line. I normally run MC in an xterm. How do I go about resolving this. On my machine, if I go into /usr/bin and run xterm directly, THEN run mc (or mc -x) the mouse works properly. However if I pass any parameters to xterm, such as -g 150x40 -e mc then the mouse stops working and I get keycodes on the mc command line. I should note that I get into /usr/bin by running this small script. cd ~ xterm -g 153x40+150+20 -fn 10x20 I do this because I run rox-filer to put icons on the desktop with Icewm. Since this problem started, I have changed running xterm to running lxterm (for a unicode env) and the problem has disappeared. The problem has been resolved but I don't understand what is happening or why. Frank ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
