Re: xsrc/58979: twm vs. firefox: menus unusable

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From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
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Subject: Re: xsrc/58979: twm vs. firefox: menus unusable
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 08:18:30 +0000 (UTC)

 On Fri, 10 Jan 2025, Thomas Klausner wrote:
 
 > The problem is that when running firefox in twm (and, I'm told but
 > haven't tried, vtwm), the menus (e.g. File, but also in the firefox
 > toolbar) do not stay open when the cursor leaves the position where it
 > was when it opened them - which makes it impossible to use the menus,
 > because you can't click on the menu entries, since they disappear when
 > you move their way.
 >
 
 Can you try this patch:
 
 ```
 diff -urN a/xsrc/external/mit/twm/dist/src/events.c b/xsrc/external/mit/twm/dist/src/events.c
 --- a/xsrc/external/mit/twm/dist/src/events.c	2022-07-11 09:08:07.000000000 +0000
 +++ b/xsrc/external/mit/twm/dist/src/events.c	2025-01-11 08:14:11.283414703 +0000
 @@ -2185,7 +2185,9 @@
           }
           if (Scr->FocusRoot) {
 
 -            if (Event.xcrossing.detail != NotifyInferior) {
 +            if (Event.xcrossing.detail != NotifyInferior &&
 +                Event.xcrossing.detail != NotifyVirtual &&
 +                Event.xcrossing.detail != NotifyNonlinearVirtual) {
 
                   /*
                    * Scan for EnterNotify events to see if we can avoid some
 ```
 
 -RVP