Interesting behavior in Epoch with TWMR4

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2 total messages Started by Jonathan David Abbey Thu, 13 Jun 1991 14:47

#1873

Author: Jonathan David Abbey
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 14:47

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Hello.  In using a straight-out-of-the-box Epoch 3.2 compiled on an Alliant
FX machine, using TWM from the R4 distribution, the Epoch minibuffer will
jump up and down in the window depth arranging hierarchy if the mouse
is left resting over both the editing window and the minibuffer window
simultaneously.  i.e.,

 [------------------------]
 |                        | <- Editing window
 |     [--------------------]  <- Minibuffer
 |     |         X          |
 |     [--------------------]
 |               ^Pointer |
 [------------------------]

Is this typical behavior?  I also seem to be unable to get consistent
behavior out of doing mouse clicks in the editing window.. certainly nothing
that makes any sense to me.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide to your faithful reporter..
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Re: Interesting behavior in Epoch with TWMR4

#1878

Author: Alan M. Carroll
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 13:33

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In article <95@frio.cs.utexas.edu>, jonabbey@cs.utexas.edu (Jonathan David Abbey) writes:
> Hello.  In using a straight-out-of-the-box Epoch 3.2 compiled on an Alliant
> FX machine, using TWM from the R4 distribution, the Epoch minibuffer will
> jump up and down in the window depth arranging hierarchy if the mouse
> is left resting over both the editing window and the minibuffer window
> simultaneously.  i.e.,

Yes, this is a known problem. It can also happen if you have two
overlapping edit screens. IMHO, the best way to deal with it is to
convince your WM to raise windows, and tell Epoch not to, via (setq
auto-raise-screen nil). I also add a (raise-screen) to my screen
hopping keys so that if I use the keywboard instead of the mouse,
things work better.

-- 
Alan M. Carroll          <-- Another casualty of applied metaphysics
Epoch Development Team   
Urbana Il.               "I hate shopping with the reality-impaired" - Susan

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