Re: Is this an unreported bug in EMC?

[Jon Elson <jmelson-at-artsci.wustl.edu>]

Clint Bach wrote:

> Jon Elson wrote:
> > Well known bug in the X user interface (xemc).  It has to do with the
> > way this UI keeps track of keys that do a single action for every press
> > (most of them) and the arrow keys, which have sustained action.  These
> > keys require that all keys be unpushed for about 1/2 second.  If any
> > key is pressed within about 1/2 second before an arrow key, of if any
> > arrow key is pressed within 1/2 second of releasing an arrow key, then
> > the release/press sequence is not reacted to.  Definitely a deficiency!
> >
> >
> > The TkEmc user interface, I'm pretty sure, uses entirely different
> > methods, and does not suffer from this problem. (but it has
> > others).

Oh, now that's strange.  I thought I'd observed that this annoyance
was fixed in TkEmc.  I did increast the execution/update rate of
TkEmc to 10 Hz, I think the nominal is 5 Hz.  I don't know if that
makes a difference.

Jon