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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 66765-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ami <at> fischman.org
Subject: bug#66765: 30.0.50; Building emacs with xinput2 breaks receiving XSendEvent events
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 13:04:59 +0200

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: ami <at> fischman.org,  66765 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2023 18:25:45 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Ping!  I'd really love to have something in v29.2's PROBLEMS about
> > this.
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> Would you please install this under the heading "General X problems"?
> TIA.
> 
> *** Programs which use XSendEvent cannot send input events to Emacs.
> 
> Emacs built to use the X Input Extension cannot receive core input
> events sent through the SendEvent server request, since these events
> intercepted by the X server when sent to input extension clients.
> 
> For such programs to function again, Emacs must be run on an X server
> where the input extension is disabled, or alternatively configured with
> the "--without-xinput2" option.

Thanks, done, and closing the bug.

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