[Arianne-bugs] [ arianne-Bugs-1486591 ] Stendhal: Key auto-repeat switched off system-wide on Linux

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Bugs item #1486591, was opened at 2006-05-11 14:48
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Category: Code
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Daniel Herding (wikipedian)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Stendhal: Key auto-repeat switched off system-wide on Linux

Initial Comment:
Hi,

when Stendhal is launched from SUSE Linux, you can no
longer keep a key pressed properly, not even in other
applications. This means that you can't e.g. scroll
properly using the cursor keys in other applications
while Stendhal is running.

The cause is in client/gui/InGameGUI.java, where the
command "xset r off" is explicitly executed on startup
and "xset r on" executed on shutdown.

The reason someone put that code in there is described
in the comment on:
http://www.linuxgames.com/news/feedback.php?identiferID=7524&action=flatview
, but of course this is a very ugly hack to work around
the problem.

I guess that at the time the comment was posted
(v0.13), Stendhal could still be run in Java 1.4.2. As
Java 1.5.0 is now mandatory, someone should check if
the mentioned Java bug still affects us; maybe we can
throw the workaround out. Otherwise, we should start to
think about a cleaner solution.

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>Comment By: Hendrik Brummermann (nhnb)
Date: 2006-08-15 23:46

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fixed in last release.

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Comment By: Daniel Herding (wikipedian)
Date: 2006-05-22 21:30

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Idea for a workaround by hendrik:

if you can detect switching to another application, please
restore the "xset r" state.

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Comment By: Snaketails (snaketails)
Date: 2006-05-21 12:35

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A work aroundof holding the key pressed for long periods of
time to traverse great distances, I have tried in Winzode
and Linux is to pick your direction and while holding that
direction, mouse select another window, thus the key is
assumed to be still pressed as you are not "focussed" on
that window pane...

Slight problem with controlling of your character when you
return to that window and you have to press the key or
another key to get the release nd stop walking, a bit cludgy
here and controlling your character is then rather tricky :P

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Comment By: Snaketails (snaketails)
Date: 2006-05-16 03:35

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I did notice this, but if I was jumping from the game to do
something else, I would inevitably get killed while
distracted on another application :)

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Comment By: Miguel Angel Blanch Lardin (arianne_rpg)
Date: 2006-05-11 22:13

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No, the bug is present because of the way X server works.
As far as I know there is no better solution right now.

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