rxvt with libW11 bug: doubled KP_Subtract and KP_Add

Steve O bub@io.com
Wed Mar 30 01:28:00 GMT 2005


Hi,
I never noticed the double ++ and --, but it happens for me too.
Removing the code to handle KP_Add and KP_Subtract (as the patch
suggests) may end up breaking the shift+ shift- font changer.

-steve

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> Hi,
> Did you see this?  It would be nice to get this fixed?
> 
> cgf
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
>>[mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Bogossian
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:04 AM
>>To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>>Subject: rxvt with libW11 bug: doubled KP_Subtract and KP_Add
>>
>>When rxvt is executed with libW11, there is an annoying bug: 
>>each time the KP_Subtract (or KP_Add) key is pressed, the '-' 
>>(or '+') character is sent two times to the terminal.
>>
>>This bug has already been reported two years ago, and someone 
>>even proposed a patch:
>>http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg00618.html
>>
>>Is there a chance to see it fixed in a forecoming release of 
>>the rxvt package ?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Pierre
> 
> 
> I thought this went away ages ago, but I just checked and whadda ya know,
> it's still there.  It must have retrained me to always use the non-keypad
> "-".
> 


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