tlastran@esunix.UUCP (Tom LaStrange) (04/04/88)
I have been seeing a problem with the X11R2 xterm when running with my
window manager (twm). When xterm gets input focus it darkens its border
and the cursor becomes solid, rather than hollow. Well that works fine
when no window manager is running or when uwm is running. The thing I'm
seeing is that "after a while", 2-10 times moving the mouse in and out
of the xterm window, the cursor stays filled and never goes hollow again when
the mouse moves out of the window. This problem only effects the cursor,
the border of the xterm window still turns grey and then black when
the mouse leaves and enters the window.
Twm puts up a "frame" window surrounding the xterm window so I get a title
bar. It detects Enter and Leave notify events on the frame window and calls
XSetInputFocus on the xterm window and on the root window when the mouse
enters and leaves the frame. I can see that this call to XSetInputFocus
is the only real difference between running twm and running uwm or no window
manager.
The X11R1 xterm does not show this problem.
Do I need to do more than just XSetInputFocus, or could there be a problem
lurking someplace else? If anyone has clues to a solution for this problem
I would be most appreciative.
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Tom LaStrange
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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