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From: fgreco@govt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help need for XSendEvent
Message-ID: <9104091655.AA11215@fis1.shearson.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 16:55:21 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> 	I am trying to write an application that needs to send text
> strings to an xterm. The most obvious method to me is to use
> selections and mimic the button2 actions by sending events to the
> target xterm. However, the xterm does not respond by getting the
> selection. I've tested the events sent with xev, so I am certain that
> xterm is getting them - so why isn't it getting the selection. Here's
> the effected part of the code:

	Have you specified the Xterm resource "allowSendEvents" to be true?
	That's usually the source of the consternation...

	Frank G.