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From: nuggets@cs.tu-berlin.de (Lars Hentschke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xfig and ghostview don't seem to work with mouse
Date: 19 Aug 1995 06:42:34 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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Paul DeTina (detina@maccs.mcmaster.ca) wrote:
: Hello,

: I just recently installed FreeBSD 2.0.5 on my PC.  I obtained and 
: installed the binary packages for xfig and ghostview.  The installation 
: appeared to go smoothly, but (there seems to always be a but) when I run 
: the two programs certain menus can not be accessed by mouse.  I'm using a 

:)
Did you have NUMLOCK switched off?
(you can also set "ServerNumLock" in XF86Config)

NUMLOCK is interpreted as a "modifier-key" like META or ALT.
(ATHENA?)-Widgets dont like META-MOUSE1 or NUMLOCK-MOUSE1 for menu.

Lars.


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