Re: FVWM: rare behavour with mouse buttons

On 8/29/18, Dominik Vogt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 02:39:30PM -0600, Jaimos Skriletz wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM bruce m beach <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello
>> >
>> >
>> >   Mouse 1 2 N        Maximize true 0  33
>> >   Mouse 3 2 N        Maximize true 0  100
>> >
>> >   Mouse 1 4 N        Maximize true 27  0
>> >   Mouse 3 4 N        Maximize true 100 0
>> >
>> >   Mouse 0 6       A       Iconify
>> >
>> > Now what happens is that these mouse clicks totally stop working.
>> > No response whatever. A few minutes later everything is okay.
>> >
>>
>> The N requires that no modifier is being pushed. If any modifier is
>> being pushed, the bindings won't work. Note that numlock is a
>> modifier. This might be relevant. This is one of the most asked
>> questions in the FAQ
>>
>> http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#a-few-minutes-after-fvwm-is-started-my-keyboard-and-mouse-bindings-stop-working--what-can-i-do
>>
>> Anyways, making N and A (for any modifiers) should make it work no
>> matter what modifier you are holding down.
>
> And
>
>   IgnoreModifiers L2
>
> is a good idea too.
>
> Ciao
>
> Dominik ^_^  ^_^
>
> --
>
> Dominik Vogt
>
>

   Okay thanks. Here's what I think happened. I was working on
something and needed a calculation so I popped up a calculator.
Guess what.

   On testing, indeed the num lock does disable the bindings.
What puzzles me is how come over the many years of using exactly
the same configuration script I never noticed this before. Anyway
for now it looks like the problem is solved.

  Bruce