Debian Bug report logs - #383884
w3m: [console + gpm] Mouse only works when prompt is active

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc-Jano Knopp <pub_br_debian.org@marc-jano.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: w3m: [console + gpm] Mouse only works when prompt is active

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:09:54 +0200

Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.1-5
Severity: normal

On the linux VGA 80x25 textmode console (no graphical framebuffer), the
mouse only works as expected when a prompt is active.

Details:

* Start "w3m -config /dev/null www.debian.org" (just as example)
  There is no mouse cursor visible, and w3m doesn't react to any
  mouse movement or clicking. When holding down a modifier key
  (shift, alt, ctrl, ...), the mouse cursor is visible, and the mouse
  is in the normal copy-and-paste mode, which would be the default
  behavior on the console.

* Hit 'U' to enter a URL or '#' to read a shell command or probably
  just any other command that makes w3m prompt.

  Now the mouse works as expected; you can scroll around and
  double-click links. Note that if you tried to scroll and double-click
  links before a prompt was active, all these actions are processed
  "belatedly" as soon as a prompt appears.

* Hitting Ctrl-G to "close" the prompt makes the mouse seemingly
  unavailable again.

This only happens on the console with gpm; in an xterm, everything
works fine. The behavior is not related to the visited site.

As (at least at a first glance), gpm seems to work with e.g. jed, I
presume that this bug belongs to w3m (or maybe ncurses, since jed
uses only libslang).


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgc1c2                      1:6.7-2    conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgpmg1                      1.19.6-22  General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                   5.5-2      Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8b-2   SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                        1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20050804   Common CA Certificates PEM files

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 383884@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc-Jano Knopp <pub_br_debian.org@marc-jano.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <383884@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: w3m: Pressing 'm' (Toggle activity of mouse (MOUSE_TOGGLE)) doesn't help

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:43:22 +0200

Package: w3m
Version: 0.5.1-5
Followup-For: Bug #383884

Pressing the key 'm' (Toggle activity of mouse (MOUSE_TOGGLE)) doesn't
change anything regarding this bug. The mouse still doesn't work when
there's no prompt.

{ The following section "System Information" is actually redundant, but
  I didn't dare to delete it. Tell me if I can do so in the future. }

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages w3m depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgc1c2                      1:6.7-2    conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgpmg1                      1.19.6-22  General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                   5.5-2      Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8b-2   SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                        1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages w3m recommends:
ii  ca-certificates               20050804   Common CA Certificates PEM files

-- no debconf information

Message #15 received at 383884@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>

To: Marc-Jano Knopp <pub_br_debian.org@marc-jano.de>, 383884@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#383884: w3m: [console + gpm] Mouse only works when prompt is active

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:05:11 -0400

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On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 03:40:07PM +0200, Marc-Jano Knopp wrote:
> Package: w3m
> Version: 0.5.1-5
> Severity: normal
...
> As (at least at a first glance), gpm seems to work with e.g. jed, I
> presume that this bug belongs to w3m (or maybe ncurses, since jed
> uses only libslang).

It belongs to w3m.

Although it's linked with ncurses, w3m uses only the termcap interface provided
by ncurses (there's no mouse in there).

w3m doesn't use any of the other interfaces which would enable the mouse.  (As
a matter of fact, w3m misuses several of the ncurses interface symbols for no
particularly good reason - but that's outside the scope of this bug report).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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Message #26 received at 383884@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>

To: 383884@bugs.debian.org, Marc-Jano Knopp <pub_br_debian.org@marc-jano.de>

Subject: Was a solution ever found to Bug #383884?

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 09:59:58 -0700

"w3m: [console + gpm] Mouse only works when prompt is active" (20 Aug 2006)

The old W3M version that my husband had been useing for a LONG time 
never handled https sites at all.  Since wikipedia switched to 
https-only, he decided to update his much-tweaked/recompiled/fixed w3m. 
 Days later...

The mouse doesn't work under the console without hitting keyboard 
characters first, although it worked properly in the version he had been 
using.  This is absolutely wrong.  Who would ever think to use w3m under 
X?

Long ago my husband sent Tatsuya a list of repairs/bugfixes etc. 
Tatsuya replied that he wouldn't correspond with my husband because he 
was not a certified developer. No wonder his software is crap.

Just hoping that you actually found a solution but didn't bother to post.

Thanks,
Bev Ashley

Message #31 received at 383884@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marc-Jano Knopp <pub_br_debian.org@marc-jano.de>

To: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>

Cc: 383884@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Was a solution ever found to Bug #383884?

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:24:42 +0200

On Sun, 2015-06-14, at 18:59:58 (+0200), The Real Bev wrote:
> "w3m: [console + gpm] Mouse only works when prompt is active" (20 Aug 2006)
> 
> The old W3M version that my husband had been useing for a LONG time never
> handled https sites at all.  Since wikipedia switched to https-only, he
> decided to update his much-tweaked/recompiled/fixed w3m.  Days later...
> 
> The mouse doesn't work under the console without hitting keyboard characters
> first, although it worked properly in the version he had been using.  This
> is absolutely wrong.  Who would ever think to use w3m under X?

*ahem* :-}

I sometimes use it under X to quickly look something up, because
starting one of the major web browsers (Iceweasel, Chromium) takes
much longer.


> Long ago my husband sent Tatsuya a list of repairs/bugfixes etc. Tatsuya
> replied that he wouldn't correspond with my husband because he was not a
> certified developer. No wonder his software is crap.

"he" = "your husband" or "Tatsuya"?

Makes a great difference in character traits of the developer,
although the outcome is the same, admittedly.


> Just hoping that you actually found a solution but didn't bother to post.

I tried it once more, and it seems nothing has changed. :-/

But there are alternatives, depending on what your husband is looking
for. Obviously, he

- does not want to (or cannot) work with X11
- wants or needs mouse support

With these prerequisites, there are a few alternatives:

- links
- links2
- elinks
(lynx and netriks do not seem to support mouse)

where "links2" optionally supports libsvga and framebuffer graphics
(-g, read the manual page for graphics mode configuration), similar to
w3m with w3m-img installed.

If your husband is severely autistic, a member of the Triple Nine
Society, or on a really bad LSD trip, he could try "edbrowse",
although I'm not sure if it supports mouse.

(Admittedly, I used "ed" when I was younger, but still ...)


Regards

  Marc-Jano

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