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master 20da50619f: * etc/PROBLEMS: Document some limitations of Xwayland
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Po Lu |
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master 20da50619f: * etc/PROBLEMS: Document some limitations of Xwayland and PGTK. |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:47:07 -0500 (EST) |
branch: master
commit 20da50619fd5b65e6d0c18c48d10ab1ec9067b63
Author: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Commit: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
* etc/PROBLEMS: Document some limitations of Xwayland and PGTK.
---
etc/PROBLEMS | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 7c8c364c56..4e4ec6d353 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -1768,7 +1768,16 @@ If setting GDK_DEBUG causes GTK to complain about not
being built with
support for debugging options, then there is nothing you can do,
except switch to a free X server.
-* Runtime problems on character terminals
+*** 'set-mouse-position' does not move the pointer on Xwayland.
+
+This is because Wayland does not allow programs to warp the pointer.
+There is nothing that can be done about this problem, except to switch
+to an X session.
+
+Some versions of the Xwayland server will pretend to warp the pointer,
+so mouse-motion events might be sent to the position the mouse was
+supposed to have moved to, even though the cursor displays at the same
+on-screen position.
*** With X forwarding, mouse highlighting can make Emacs slow.
@@ -1777,6 +1786,8 @@ remote X server, try this:
(setq mouse-highlight nil)
+* Runtime problems on character terminals
+
** The meta key does not work on xterm.
Typing M-x rings the terminal bell, and inserts a string like ";120~".
@@ -2896,6 +2907,11 @@ when started from the command line.
Especially, PGTK Emacs needs environment variables LANG and
GTK_IM_MODULE.
+** 'set-mouse-position' does nothing.
+
+GTK does not allow programs to warp the pointer anymore. There is
+nothing that can be done about this problem.
+
* Build-time problems
** Configuration
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