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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: simple Xlib question
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Date: 2 Feb 89 18:01:41 GMT
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> It receives KeyPress events for any kind of window
> except xterm windows, and that happens whether or not a window manager
> is running.  There is no problem with KeyRelease events.
> 
> Is that a known bug, or is there an explanation (and a work-around)
> for that behavior?

Not a bug; you're probably not using the real window from which xterm
reads it's key events.  Sounds like you're hacking anyway; if you really
want to know how to do it for xterm, send me private mail.