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Article #27336Re: Odd Finder bug...
From: Robert M. Fuhrer
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1988 14:52
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1988 14:52
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In article <278@soleil.UUCP> grina@soleil.UUCP (Pete Grina) writes: >In article <469@mailrus.cc.umich.edu>, tom@ronin.cc.umich.edu (Tom Wuthrich) writes: >> [...] the current system software will not let the >> mouse do a double click anymore... > >When this happens, I just restart the MAC. > In the editorial section of the April 1988 issue of MacTutor, the problem is described as being caused by applications that improperly mask out (disable the reporting of) mouseUp events. (Apparently, the Finder needs these events to detect double-clicks.) When the program exits, the Finder does not reset the event mask, and so never sees the mouseUps... -- The Foundation for Unmitigated Sillyness uunet!actnyc!rmf Department of Redundancy Department City of Kansas City, Kansas
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!actnyc!rmf From: rmf@actnyc.UUCP (Robert M. Fuhrer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Odd Finder bug... Message-ID: <824@actnyc.UUCP> Date: 19 Apr 88 14:52:05 GMT References: <8WKQ4ZI1DU-0QO008d@andrew.cmu.edu> <1415@daimi.UUCP> <469@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> <278@soleil.UUCP> Reply-To: rmf@actnyc.UUCP (Robert M. Fuhrer) Organization: InterACT Corporation Lines: 16 Summary: Bad applications give Finder problems w/ double-clicks...