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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: Flashing scrollbars in X11
Date: 4 Sep 1995 15:00:07 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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In article <DEBMCp.2un@seeware.dialix.oz.au>, Mark Hannon <mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> wrote:
>
>I am writing about an annoying bug which I have seen since changing from Linux
>to FreeBSD. The problem is that the scrollbar in xemacs doesnot accurately
>reflect my posistion in the file when I move up and down. ie most often the
>solid portion of the scrollbar fills up the entire length of the scrollbar
>area. Moving up and down causes it to flash but not to change (ie I would
>expect that the greyed in area moved up or down within the scrollbar area).
>
>The problem also exists in some other applications, xman, xftp....
Some but not all? Does xterm's scrollbar work? I've seen this
sort of problem happen when your XF86Config does not handle the middle
button of your mouse correctly (which is used to scroll Athena
scrollbars). It appears to receive a bunch of button-up and button-
down events each time the mouse is moved, so you in effect aren't
dragging anything around. Can you pop up the "VT Options" menu in an
xterm and select menu items off it?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org