Re: Mac & Screen Sharing / Keyboard Lock

I have no suggestions for your issue, but i literally laughed out loud at
your message, thanks!

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 11:29 AM David Filip <[email protected]> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the response, but while I agree is appears to be a window
> context problem, I have verified this problem occurs when there are no
> other windows open, from JEdit or otherwise.  Also, I use JEdit all the
> time, and Screen Sharing all the time, and have for many years, and through
> the years I’ve been doing this, this NEVER happened until I upgraded a
> bunch of servers from El Capitan to High Sierra + Mojave.
>
> I can always reproduce the problem by opening up a Screen Sharing session,
> launching JEdit on the remote server, typing or opening a file, and then
> changing the context to either the desktop or any other window on the
> remote server.  If I click the mouse within the JEdit window, I can see the
> highlight bar move within the editor window, and I see the JEdit menu
> options appear at the top, and the JEdit window bar “darkens”, so I know
> the window is being selected, but alas, the keyboard is completely
> unresponsive.  I can fix it by minimizing the JEdit window, and then
> double-clicking on the minimized icon to re-open the window, and then my
> keyboard works in the edit window … until I click somewhere else and then
> back, and then the keyboard is frozen again.
>
> I’m wondering if anyone out there with High Sierra / Mojave and at least
> two Mac’s can reproduce this, by screen sharing from one to the other.  Not
> sure that it matters, but I am opening Screen Sharing ON MOJAVE and opening
> a remote session ON HIGH SIERRA.
>
> Again, I never see any of this if I am on the same Mac at the “console”
> (local keyboard and display).  Also, I have seen it in various combinations
> between different servers, so it is not specific to just one Mac (I think I
> have 6 Macs, last time I took count …).
>
> Nonetheless, this problem is very annoying, and ALMOST getting me to look
> for another editor, after using JEdit for many years.  I said ALMOST ...
>
> Nonetheless, Steve Jakob, I acknowledge the many years of contributions
> you have made to the JEdit project, and even if this problem cannot be
> resolved, I will forgive you, and promise never to make you disappear from
> this world by my dark summons, or by any other means ... ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Filip
>
>
> > On Apr 5, 2019, at 10:18 AM, Steve Jakob <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I’ve never run jEdit remotely via MacOS screen sharing but I have
> experienced similar behaviour. It happens for me when jEdit opens another
> window and that new window has the focus, rendering the main editing window
> completely unresponsive. This happens most often when jEdit detects a
> change in an open file. Often it’s not clear what’s going on as the new
> window gets opened behind another application window or on another virtual
> desktop. Using Alt-Tab to switch to jEdit often seems to take me to the
> main editing window rather than the window with focus. In order to fix it I
> use Mission Control to show all open windows in order to find and close the
> offending window.
> >
> > Is it possible you’re having a similar “rogue window” problem?
> >
> > Steve Jakob
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 5, 2019, at 8:53 AM, David Filip <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I have started having a rather bizarre problem running JEdit - my
> favorite cross-platform delevlopment editor - on a Mac ... but only when
> using screen sharing (?!).  I believe this started when I upgraded from El
> Capitan to Mojave (on some Macs) and High Sierra (on some Macs that don't
> support Mojave).  I don't remember ever seeing this problem on El Capitan.
> >>
> >> JEdit works fine when I am sitting at the Mac connected keyboard and
> screen.  I have seen no issues since upgrading.
> >>
> >> However, if I use macOS Screen Sharing to a remote Mac, I can open
> JEdit on the remote Mac, begin editing a file, and everything is fine until
> I lose focus and click on another window.  Then, if I click back on my
> JEdit window -- still within screen sharing -- the keyboard is completely
> locked unresponsive, but only in the JEdit window.  Of course, I can change
> focus to any other window on the remote Mac and the keyboard works fine.
> >>
> >> What is even more bizarre is if I then physically go to the connected
> keyboard and screen of what was the remote Mac once this happens, the
> keyboard is also unresponsive within the JEdit window.  However, while
> still sitting at the connected keyboard and screen, I click on another
> window to change focus, and then click back on the JEdit window, I can once
> again type in JEdit.
> >>
> >> So ... I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this?  Or if anyone
> out there has any ideas?
> >>
> >> I am running the latest JEdit (5.5.0) with the Oracle JRE 1.8.0_121.  I
> know it is easy to blame on macOS Screen Sharing, but I don't experience
> this with any other program, and regardless of the root cause, I'd love to
> find a work-around.
> >>
> >> My use case is that I manage five (5) Macs, each doing different
> things, an spend most of my day in front of a 4K monitor so that I can
> manage all of them, via Screen Sharing.
> >>
> >> Also, I originally had this problem running an older version of JEdit
> (I believe it was 5.3), so I upgraded (to 5.5.0) hoping it would help, but
> it did not.
> >>
> >> Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dave.
> >>
> >>
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