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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Re: X11 cut (as cut/paste) accuracy
From:       Lucien Gentis <lucien.gentis () univ-lorraine ! fr>
Date:       2022-02-03 16:32:52
Message-ID: eecac13c-70b8-9675-7997-245ccf63aff4 () univ-lorraine ! fr
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Here is what I get under Debian 10 Buster, Mate desktop and 
mate-terminal with libvte :

There is no selection problem at all.

I looked at you video and don't understand what is represented: a window 
without decoration and margin ?

Le 03/02/2022 à 08:27, Phi Debian a écrit :
>
> I notice the same 'bad' behavior on firefox, but there it provide an 
> hint may be.
>
> On libvte when clicking  and hold down the mouse button on the middle 
> of a char there is no feedback so we blindly don't know where the 
> selection will start, then we drag right and the selection appears on 
> the next char, giving a feeling of always misssing the selection.
>
> On firefox (any other app of that kind would do the same, I am using 
> mate, so may be a window manger feature, so synaptic search form would 
> behave as firefox), this is different, inea FORM input field when 
> clicking on the middle of a char like 'W" and holding down the button, 
> the text cursor (thin vertical bar) goes where the selection will 
> start, and on right part of a char, it goes on the right side of the 
> char (instead of the left), then we miss the selection as with libvte, 
> yet we know we will miss it :) in all case it is annoying, and I am 
> amazed that the good old Xterm is the only one to perform normally :) 
> I needed terminator for the mutiple term and broadcast feature, but I 
> will get back to xterm as much as I can.
>
> So back to square one where would be the best hack candidate to solve 
> firefox et al along with libvte to get the selection right ?
>
> Cheers,
> Phi
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    <p>Here is what I get under Debian 10 Buster, Mate desktop and
      mate-terminal with libvte :</p>
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    <p>There is no selection problem at all.</p>
    <p>I looked at you video and don't understand what is represented: a
      window without decoration and margin ?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 03/02/2022 à 08:27, Phi Debian a
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        <div>I notice the same 'bad' behavior on firefox, but there it
          provide an hint may be.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>On libvte when clicking  and hold down the mouse button on
          the middle of a char there is no feedback so we blindly don't
          know where the selection will start, then we drag right and
          the selection appears on the next char, giving a feeling of
          always misssing the selection.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>On firefox (any other app of that kind would do the same, I
          am using mate, so may be a window manger feature, so synaptic
          search form would behave as firefox), this is different, inea
          FORM input field when clicking on the middle of a char like
          'W" and holding down the button, the text cursor (thin
          vertical bar) goes where the selection will start, and on
          right part of a char, it goes on the right side of the char
          (instead of the left), then we miss the selection as with
          libvte, yet we know we will miss it :) in all case it is
          annoying, and I am amazed that the good old Xterm is the only
          one to perform normally :) I needed terminator for the mutiple
          term and broadcast feature, but I will get back to xterm as
          much as I can. <br>
        </div>
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        </div>
        <div>So back to square one where would be the best hack
          candidate to solve firefox et al along with libvte to get the
          selection right ?</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>Cheers,</div>
        <div>Phi<br>
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