GNU bug report logs - #66765
30.0.50; Building emacs with xinput2 breaks receiving XSendEvent events

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ami <at> fischman.org, 66765 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66765: 30.0.50; Building emacs with xinput2 breaks receiving XSendEvent events
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:57:58 +0300

On 27/10/2023 13:34, Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army 
knife of text editors wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii<eliz <at> gnu.org>  writes:
> 
>> I guess it would be a good idea to have this information in PROBLEMS,
>> then.
> But that's tantamount to documenting the do's and don'ts of X
> development, since "xse" is nothing but a wrapper around an X request.
> It's a very slippery slope, though it's ultimately your call.

We could say something to the effect of "to control Emacs externally, 
xse is not recommended, prefer xdotool".

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