GNU bug report logs - #36779
25.1; mouse click not recognized for frames with large left position

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, sumii <at> ecei.tohoku.ac.jp, 36779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36779: 25.1; mouse click not recognized for frames with large left position
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:10:51 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:15:41 -0700
> Cc: Eijiro Sumii <sumii <at> ecei.tohoku.ac.jp>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 36779 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:
> 
> >> ----------
> >> * X runtime problems
> >>
> >> ** General X problems
> >>
> >> *** Coordinates of mouse clicks not recognized correctly on multiple monitors
> >>
> >> This problem happens on a proprietary X server ( http://www.astec-x.com/ )
> >> when the number of monitors is changed after the server has started.
> >> See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=36779 for details.
> >> A workaround is to restart the X server after the monitor configuration
> >> has been changed.
> >> ----------
> >
> > I'd install this unless Eli still objects.  Eli, do you really
> > disapprove linking to bug reports?  If so, I'd have to fix some
> > earlier other additions too.
> 
> Nothing like this was installed into PROBLEMS, AFAICT.
> 
> Eli offered to write a more concise entry here, but was discouraged from
> doing that for some inexplicable reason.
> 
> May I propose that we either install the above, or (even better) that
> Eli summarizes this problem as he see fit and installs it?

I think just removing the sentence that refers to the bug report
should do in this case, as both the problem and the only workaround we
know about are already described.  With that change, we can install
this in PROBLEMS.

Thanks.

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