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Re: epoch 4.0a0 keyboard bounce

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From: Bill Segall
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1991 03:29
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In  gamin@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca (Martin Boyer) writes:

>bruce@st-pauli.med.utah.edu (Bruce Milner) writes:
>
>   I recently got a version of epoch 4.0a0 and compiled it.  It works
>   great except for the occasional keyboard bounce. I will get about 8
>   repeats of the same character.
>
>I and at least one of my colleagues have the same problem under X11R5p3,
>MIT Xsun server, twm, epoch 4.0a1.  With either Sun3s or SPARCs.

I have same problem, but I always seem to get four of the character. Could
a C-U be slipping into the input stream from somewhere? Mouse noise? It
seems specific to Sun architectures from what people have posted. Ideas?

Bill.

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