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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Meta Key Problem on DS3100
Keywords: Compose Character, Meta
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Date: 25 Aug 89 17:22:13 GMT
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In article <16536@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, jac@eros.berkeley.edu (Gordon Jacobs) writes:
> I just received a DECstation 3100 and I am running
> the uwm window manager.  (either manually or under
> the dxsession manager)  When I press the "Compose Character"
> key, which is my Meta key to move windows around, etc as
> described in my uwmrc file, the LED labelled "Compose" 
> comes on adn stays on.  If I then move the mouse into another
> window and begin typing, the first several characters are
> lost, a "beep" occurrs, the "Compose" LED goes out and then
> everything is normal again (until I use the Meta key).

I'm not really familiar with uwm, but could this be a problem with uwm
and keyboard focus?   uwm is probably doing a grab on the compose key.
If you release the key, move the mouse cursor to another window, and
start typing, uwm must release the grab and assign focus to the new
window.  If you start typing before uwm can do all that, the keystrokes
won't go where you're expecting.  Does the problem still occur if you
wait a few seconds before typing?  How about if you use a different
character as your uwm control?  Or a different window manager,
especially a click-to-type one like dxwm?

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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