Multiwindows problem

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Richard Campbell wrote:

> >This does seem to behave as though XWin is getting confused in its keyboard
> >handling and thinks that CTRL+D is still down.  I've noticed similar
> >behavior with the enter key in conjunction with focus changes.
>
> I've been able to generate this repeatedly with emacs until a multiwindow
> cygwin xfree - when exiting, the CTRL-X,CTRL-C combination seems to stick;
> that is, x thinks that CTRL-C is still down.  Actually hitting CTRL-C
> in another window (an xterm, say) will clear the problem.  More difficult
> to do with CTRL-D, though.
>
> -Richard Campbell.

Setting "set -o ignoreeof 1000000" in your .bashrc might work (you may be
able to hit Ctrl-D yourself before the above ridiculously huge number runs
out).  I'm sure there are equivalent settings for most other shells.
	Igor
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