On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 10:23:33PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de wrote:
> >On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 02:13:27AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> ...
> >> buttons 1 - 5 work as expected in fvwm but when I try to bind
> >>something to side button (6) it doesn't work and I get this error message:
> >>
> >>[FVWM][ParseBinding]: <<ERROR>> Illegal mouse button in line 6
> >>WTSFI0123456789 N rrrFunction
> ...
> >In versions before 2.5.x this sometimes worked, but not reliably
> >and only by coincidence.
> >
> > 2.4.x:
> >
> > Buttons 1 to 5 fully supported
> > Buttons 6 and above not supported at all
> >
> > 2.5.x:
> >
> > Buttons 1 to 5 fully supported
> > Buttons 6 to 9 partially supported (as far as X allows)
> > Buttons 10 and above not supported at all
>
> wow! I had it working before, I think it was 2.2.x, I thought it's
> not a big deal, a button is a button is a ... any chances it will be
> supported in 2.4?
You can manually edit the file libs/defaults.h and increase the
value of the NUMBER_OF_MOUSE_BUTTONS macro from 5 to 9. Do *not*
change the DEFAULT_ALL_BUTTONS_MASK and
DEFAULT_ALL_BUTTONS_MOTION_MASK macros, though.
> what do you mean by "partially supported"? can you bind functions to
> click/doubleclick/drag in 2.5? [any docs on this?]
X does not support all operatios on the additional mouse buttons
because it uses a bit mask to select events that drag the pointer
with a button held. It has only five bits reserved for the
buttons. There are a couple of things that do not work at all or
no reliably with buttons >= 6:
- Interactive Move/Resize
- Navigating menus
- Running complex functions
- The 'M' context in complex functions
- Commands that change the focus or raise windows
- Root window bindings
- Stroke bindings
Some of these problems come only from the fact that fvwm often
waits for all buttons to be released before continuing. These
problems would go away if we rewrite the function that checks
mouse button states without relying on the masks.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 04:42:05 BST