Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:47:26 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mouse highlighting in latest stable Message-ID: <20020306164726.GA4962@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <200203061140.g26BeFq61761@sheol.localdomain> References: <20020304222236.GB7620_raggedclown.net@ns.sol.net> <200203061140.g26BeFq61761@sheol.localdomain>
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On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:40:15AM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > In article <20020304222236.GB7620_raggedclown.net@ns.sol.net>, > csfbsd@raggedclown.net writes: > > Hello, > > I have a USB mouse. > > I keep pretty up to date with stable. > > Since the last update, say 3 days ago I have noticed something > > odd. When I highlight some text with the mouse, and then paste it, the > > area of the screen where I highlighted the text remains highlighted even > > when the screen changes (such as when moving through messages in mutt). > > Typeing ctrl/L in mutt clears it, but it is starting to irritate me :) > > > > Any clues ? > > Conformance with the console cursor? :-) > > Seriously, I don't know, 4.5-REL doesn't do this in X, but this has been > true of the console cursor since [at least] 4.2-REL, and I find it rather > irritating, too. > I meant the console cursor. Oh, well I have only just started noticing it. I only ever use Mutt to read mail, so I am sure I would have noticed it before. Maybe I need an optician ? In fact fiddling with the mouse now as I write this, it definitely seems to have changed it's highlighting behaviour. Mmm, a mystery. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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