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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XTERM Translation Tables
Message-ID: <8909071911.AA01091@LYRE.MIT.EDU>
Date: 7 Sep 89 19:11:10 GMT
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Organization: DEC/MIT Project Athena
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>	Ctrl	~Meta	<Btn2Down>:	mode-menu()\n\
> and
>		~Meta	<Btn2Up>:	insert-selection(PRIMARY,CUT_BUFFER0)\n\
> which I interpret to mean, "If you have Control but not Meta pressed and
> you push button 2 down, pop up the appropriate menu," and "whether or not
> you have Control down, as long as you don't have Meta down, paste the cut
> buffer on button 2 release".
>
> (1)  Have I correctly interpreted these lines?

yes.

> (2)  Is this a bug?

stylistically, yes.  In fact, it wasn't a problem in the R3
implementation as the mode-menu action grabbed the pointer,
causing the ButtonRelease event went to go to a different window.

> (3)  Fixed in R4...?

Probably (:-).  Chris Peterson has a spiffy new menu widget for
Xaw and we'll probably find that this lurking inconsistency will
bite people in the future.  I can't explain why you're being
bitten now.