tjh@bucrf11.bu.edu (Tim Hall) (11/21/90)
On our SGI's (PI's and 4D/2xx's) running 3.3.1 if I hold down the ctrl key and move the cursor to a new window the window manager freezes. By that I mean the only active window you can get is the window that the cursor was originally in. If you try to type in that window all the characters come out as ctrl characters. The only way to get out is the ol' ctrl-shift-#pad\-f12 to get out. We have our ctrl and caps-lock keys remapped - could this be it? -- -Tim Hall tjh@bu-pub.bu.edu The night is filled with the cries of dispossessed children in search of paradise. -Dead Can Dance
operator@IRIS.KTH.DK (Martin Liversage) (11/22/90)
In article <1990Nov20.164951@bucrf11.bu.edu> Bill Lasher <psuvax1.cs.psu.edu!psuvm!w0l> writes: > On our SGI's (PI's and 4D/2xx's) running 3.3.1 if I hold down the ctrl > key and move the cursor to a new window the window manager freezes. > By that I mean the only active window you can get is the window that > the cursor was originally in. If you try to type in that window all > the characters come out as ctrl characters. This is the NeWS input focus. Your keyboard input will go to the window with the mouse on top, unless you press any key on the keyboard and hold it down. The input focus will stay inside the window as long as you hold the key, even if you move the mouse to another window (watch the grey bar on top of the window). Obviously, if you press the ctrl key you will get ctrl characters when you type. > The only way to get out is > the ol' ctrl-shift-#pad\-f12 to get out. We have our ctrl and > caps-lock keys remapped - could this be it? What about releasing the ctrl key. This should move the focus to whatever window the mouse is over. It is a bug for your window manager to freeze. Everything works as expected in 3.2 (that's what I'm using). By the way, I wasn't aware of the ctrl-shift-#pad/-f12 combination used for killing the NeWS server. I just had to try it - and lost some work - clever, clever me. Martin Liversage Royal Dental College Copenhagen Department of Pediatric Dentistry Norre Alle 20 DK-2200 Kobenhavn N
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (11/27/90)
In article <1990Nov20.164951@bucrf11.bu.edu>, tjh@bucrf11.bu.edu (Tim Hall) writes: |> On our SGI's (PI's and 4D/2xx's) running 3.3.1 if I hold down the ctrl |> key and move the cursor to a new window the window manager freezes. |> By that I mean the only active window you can get is the window that |> the cursor was originally in. If you try to type in that window all If you haven't released the control then what you are observing is the intended behaviour. |> the characters come out as ctrl characters. The only way to get out is |> the ol' ctrl-shift-#pad\-f12 to get out. We have our ctrl and |> caps-lock keys remapped - could this be it? However, if you have released the control key then what you are seeing is almost certainly some interaction between you ctrl caps-lock mapping and the window manager focus controller. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "Spirits of genius are always opposed by mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein