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Re: Epoch bug?

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From: Barry N. Nelson
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1991 18:29
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In article <1991Dec20.125332.1@vax1.tcd.ie> aconway@vax1.tcd.ie writes:

Alan writes:
>>   I have recently installed Epoch version 3.2 on a SPARC 2 under X11, and it is
>>   working well except for one small but very irritating problem. 
>>
>>   Every now and again, epoch will start to ignore mouse button presses,
>>   particularly the left (position cursor) and middle (paste text) buttons. If in
>>   a fit of frustration you press the paste button several times and then press a
>>   key, several copies of the paste text will suddenly appear. It appears as if
>>   the mouse button events are getting stuck somewhere, and a keypress event
>>   releases the flood. This does not seem to happen to the right mouse button,
>>   although this is an intermittent problem so it is hard to be sure.
>>
>>   It may be that I made a mistake in the installation procedure, but since
>>   everything else works perfectly this seems unlikely to me. Has anyone else seen
>>   this kind of problem? Any advice would be welcome.
>>

We have exactly the same problem with Epoch 3.2 on our Sun 3's and our
Sparc SLC.  Is it a problem with OpenLook?
-- 
Barry N. Nelson    barryn@world.std.com   [Drytek - A Unit of General Signal]
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