Re: xboard

"H.G. Muller" <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:24:43 +0100
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In the Athena widget set you are supposed to select the meu item by the=20
release of the mouse button. Note that the Xaw version of XBoard has=20
been phased out a few years ago, since the version based on the more=20
modern GTK widget set has been declared stable. The GTK menus behave=20
more like one nowadays expects from menus.


Op 11/13/2017 om 5:54 AM schreef Tim Mann:
> The xboard version you're using is based on the old Athena widget set,=20
> which does not have a feature where you can click on a menu and have=20
> it stay open until you click again to select from it. You have to=20
> press the mouse button on the menu, move the mouse to your selection,=20
> and only then release the mouse button.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Charles Jones <[email protected]=20
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Tim, my name Charley, I will get to the point.=C2=A0 I am runnin=
g
>     Linux Mint 17, and was looking for a simple chess program, that i
>     could use practice with.=C2=A0 So looked in Synaptic and found xboa=
rd
>     and I like it to a point.=C2=A0 But when I click on a menu item the
>     drop down list won't stay put, so I can review its contents.=C2=A0 =
Do
>     you have a fix for this?=C2=A0 Or a newer version?=C2=A0 I also ins=
talled
>     Fair-max but that didn't seem to help.
>
>     Please and thank you, Charley
>
>
>
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    <p>In the Athena widget set you are supposed to select the meu item
      by the release of the mouse button. Note that the Xaw version of
      XBoard has been phased out a few years ago, since the version
      based on the more modern GTK widget set has been declared stable.
      The GTK menus behave more like one nowadays expects from menus.<br>
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">Op 11/13/2017 om 5:54 AM schreef Tim
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      <div dir=3D"ltr">The xboard version you're using is based on the ol=
d
        Athena widget set, which does not have a feature where you can
        click on a menu and have it stay open until you click again to
        select from it. You have to press the mouse button on the menu,
        move the mouse to your selection, and only then release the
        mouse button.<br>
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        <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Charle=
s
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                Charley, I will get to the point.=C2=A0 I am running Linu=
x
                Mint 17, and was looking for a simple chess program,
                that i could use practice with.=C2=A0 So looked in Synapt=
ic
                and found xboard and I like it to a point.=C2=A0 But when=
 I
                click on a menu item the drop down list won't stay put,
                so I can review its contents.=C2=A0 Do you have a fix for
                this?=C2=A0 Or a newer version?=C2=A0 I also installed Fa=
ir-max
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