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
Re: Mouse stopped working in MC
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. frank@franklin:~$ mc -V GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.24 Built with GLib 2.62.4 Using the S-Lang library with terminfo database With builtin Editor and Aspell support With subshell support as default With support for background operations With mouse support on xterm and Linux console With support for X11 events With internationalization support With multiple codepages support Virtual File Systems: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ext2undelfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, fish Data types: char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64; frank@franklin:~$ Appreciate any help Frank ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc ___ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
