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RE: Multiwindows problem
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:09:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Multiwindows problem
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 19 May 2003, Richard Campbell wrote:
> >This does seem to behave as though XWin is getting confused in its keyboard
> >handling and thinks that CTRL+D is still down. I've noticed similar
> >behavior with the enter key in conjunction with focus changes.
>
> I've been able to generate this repeatedly with emacs until a multiwindow
> cygwin xfree - when exiting, the CTRL-X,CTRL-C combination seems to stick;
> that is, x thinks that CTRL-C is still down. Actually hitting CTRL-C
> in another window (an xterm, say) will clear the problem. More difficult
> to do with CTRL-D, though.
>
> -Richard Campbell.
Setting "set -o ignoreeof 1000000" in your .bashrc might work (you may be
able to hit Ctrl-D yourself before the above ridiculously huge number runs
out). I'm sure there are equivalent settings for most other shells.
Igor
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