Re: focus dies [NumLock bug]
David Mihm (davemann@the-site.dyn.ml.org)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:29:27 -0500 (CDT)
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Albert Dorofeev wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I just subscribed to the list and therefore I do not
> know yet if you are discussing it already so take
> it easy please.
>
> I experience the problem described in previous
> mailings as "focus dies". It happens after a while
> of working with multiple windows. I do not know
> if many xterms would make such an effect - never
> happened so far. Typically I would have a few xterms
> and Netscape open. Sometimes Framemaker, tkman etc.
> Suddenly the focus stays in one of the windows and
> nothing makes it move to another window. If I close
> the window that has the focus, I am left with
> no focused object on the desktop at all.
>
> I read posts on this problem from the mailing list
> archives. The problem was described but no solution
> was proposed as far as I can tell.
>
> The problem is persistent on two platforms. One is
> Sun Solaris running AfterStep 1.0 and another is
> Linux running AfterStep 1.4.0.
>
> Is anybody working on it currently?
>
> Cheers,
> Albert Dorofeev
>
This would be the infamous "NumLock" bug, which dates as far back
as Dec. '96 - you'd think it would be solved by now. :) I bet you have
been using your NumLock key, right? I myself had this happen to me just a
few seconds ago. While looking through the archives, noone had a way to
fix it after it has happened, just simply don't keep the NumLock on - ya
know, hindsight stuff - duh! I don't think that is a good solution -
don't use 16 keys on your keyboard...just crazy. :)
I have reinit'd both my look and feel; this has no affect.
Restarting is like I'm back in winblows (and who wants this!). Some (in
the archives) suggested that using the WinList will allow you to gain
focus - I don't use this thing, so I couldn't tell you if it works. I
have been successful with using the Pager to give a window focus - what a
pain! - clicking on those tiny windows in the pager is a bitch at
1600x1200!!
So I am now stuck with having to use the Pager to gain focus -
this really sucks folks! Surely someone has a fix for this. I sure would
hate to have to restart AfterStep after everytime I wanted to use a
certain 16 keys on my keyboard. This sounds like a high priority bug
(since it has existed since '96).
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