Re: [Mlterm-dev-en] mlterm: weird mouse behaviour

[John S. <jd...@ca...>]

I have now compiled a minimalistic mlterm 3.9.0, using the options listed in
the README file to minimise the binary, and adding only --prefix=/usr/local
and --with-gui=xlib. The mouse behaviour is the same as with Ubuntu's
distribution version: all I can do with it is to highlight text and scroll up
and down.

I am assuming this behaviour is not intended, in which case there is evidently
a bug somewhere. I'll be happy to supply more details of my setup if they
would be helpful.

If I am mistaken and this behaviour is intentional, please can some way be
provided to switch it off? I would very much like to use mlterm, but cannot do
so while the mouse behaves in this way.

John Smith

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On Wed, 27 May 2020, John Smith wrote:

> Ubuntu 20.04, Gnome shell 3.36.2 running under X11, Ubuntu distribution
> version of mlterm — version 3.8.9, Features: otl ssh implugin
> imagelib(builtin) utmp.
>
> I have configured mlterm for use with normal Roman and also Devanagari
> (Hindi). Both appear to work well.
>
> Once mlterm is displaying some text, if I move the mouse it behaves as if I
> were simultaneously pressing the left button: text is highlighted and the
> window scrolls up/down. Nothing I do seems to change this behaviour. I have
> tried modifying the settings for clipboard and scroll under “Others” in
> mlterm’s menu, but these changes seem to have no effect, and anyway they 
> don’t
> “stick” — they always revert to the default (clipboard selection checked, the
> two scroll options unchecked).
>
> The only item in my msg.log file is
>
> May 27 08:55:16[277993] Font(id 10d1) width(10) is not matched with standard 
> width(8).
>
> repeated whenever I switch into the Devanagari font.
>
> I would be happy to try compiling the current version of mlterm, but would
> need specific guidance on what options to use for ./configure.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> John Smith
>
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