Feature in X/twm?

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From: Sandeep Kochhar
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 16:06

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I noticed the following interesting behavior:

Start scrolling in an xterm window using the middle button, and
release the button *outside* the window.  Twm continues to think
that the xterm window has focus; in fact, as long as you don't cross
into another window, you can move the mouse anywhere on the screen,
yet type into the old xterm.

Presumably, this happens 'cos xterm grabbed the mouse while scrolling.

However, is the above behavior a bug/feature?  Shouldn't the window
manager be informed of mouse ungrabs?

Thanks.

Sandeep Kochhar
(617) 495-3988              mail: kochhar@harvard.harvard.edu
Harvard University                kochhar@harvard.csnet
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From: kochhar@babbage.harvard.edu (Sandeep Kochhar)
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Subject: Feature in X/twm?
Keywords: X11R4, twm, xterm
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Date: 9 Feb 90 16:06:54 GMT
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