Re: [Jmol-users] Mac mouse button bug

[Miguel <mi...@jm...>]

> On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Miguel wrote:
>
>> Here is some source code and object code to test mouse events.
>>
>> Runs on any system with java 1.4 or greater
>>
>> You can run it by saying.
>>
>> Download it to some directory
>> bring up a terminal
>> go to that directory and type the command:
>>  java ShiftButtonBug
>
> OK, I did this and ShiftButtonBug is running in Terminal.
>
> I followed these directions that were displayed by ShiftButtonBug in
> Terminal's window:

These were old instructions from the bug report that I submitted to Apple=
.

> do a Shift Right-click
> and see that Button1 is also being returned.
> And when you release the mouse state says that Button1
> is still pressed
>
> Here is the output I got in the Terminal window:
>
>   e.getButton() says button 3
> 5184 -> Shift+Button1+Button3
>
> e.getButton() says button 3
> 1088 -> Shift+Button1

So, this bug did not get fixed in the version of OSX that you are running=
.

Q: What version of OSX are you running?

Open a terminal and type 'java -version'

Q: What version of java are you running?

> Now, 2 questions:
>
> 1. Do I repeat this process with the keystoke combos we are interested
> in for slabbing, and send the results (output) to you as above?

Yes, I suppose ...

Q: Can you understand the output?

> 2. Can you help me with quitting ShiftButtonBug, since when I followed
> the instruction:
> To exit give the focus to your terminal window and press =5EC
>
> nothing happened except
> =5EC
> appeared in the terminal window...

You did hit 'CTRL-C' ... correct? If that does not work, then
  1. click on the gui close box to shut down the terminal
  2. consider filing a bug report with Apple ;-)


Miguel