#292193 xmacrorec took keyboard and mouse and didn't give them back

Package:
xmacro
Source:
xmacro
Description:
Record / Play keystrokes and mouse movements in X displays
Submitter:
Date:
2024-07-11 05:18:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#292193#5
Date:
2005-01-25 17:06:13 UTC
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To:
I start 'xmacrorec -d 500' and tell it ESC for quit key. Core keyboard
and mouse are unresponsive, ESC key doesn't quit. Terminating xmacrorec
remotely does not restore keyboard or mouse.
#292193#10
Date:
2024-07-11 05:06:55 UTC
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To:
[andy@wolfsinger.com 2005-01-25]

How strange.  It work for me.  Here is a test run:

  % ./xmacrorec :0

  Press the key you want to use to end the application. This key can be any key,
  as long as you don't need it while working with the remote display.
  A good choice is Escape.

  The chosen quit-key has the keycode: 37
  XTest for server ":0" is version 2.2.

  Skipping stale KeyRelease event. 1
  Skipping stale KeyRelease event. 0
  xmacrorec: pointer and keyboard released.

  released
  %

I had to press escape twice, once to register it as the exit keypress,
and once to exit.

No idea what went wrong when you tested it.