GNU bug report logs - #75674
31.0.50; Random keyboard input detected when clicking with mouse in Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bartosz Kaczyński <bkaczynski <at> posteo.net>

Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

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Message #14 received at 75674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Bartosz Kaczyński <bkaczynski <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 75674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75674: 31.0.50; Random keyboard input detected when clicking
 with mouse in Emacs
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:42:28 +0200
> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:14:48 +0000
> Cc: 75674 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Bartosz Kaczyński <bkaczynski <at> posteo.net>
> 
> >> Event detected: 100
> >>
> >> For context, ASCII value 100 corresponds to the letter d. However, other
> >> times, I observe different letters like cc.
> >>
> >> I am using openSUSE Tumbleweed GNU/Linux distro on KDE Wayland system and
> >> running Emacs as a daemon and connecting via emacsclient.
> > 
> > I cannot think of any reason except some problem with your hardware or
> > system software.
> 
> Thank you for your response. While I understand that this could be 
> caused by hardware or system software, I would like to ask for guidance 
> in diagnosing whether the issue might caused from my Emacs configuration 
> or related software (e.g., the windowing system, input handling in 
> Emacs, etc.).

Maybe something special/unusual in how mouse events work on that
system? or some input method?  I'm really stabbing in the dark here,
because I cannot think of any way a mouse click could produce a
keyboard key or a character event.




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