selecting menu items with mouse

[Helen Iwahiro]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.2 (hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2002-02-22 on roadkill
configured using `configure  --prefix=/home/freds/local 
--host=hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00 --with-x-toolkit=motif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

You have to be too precise when selecting menu items with mouse (motif version).
User ends up wasting a lot of time finding out where exactly to put the cursor.


Recent input:
i s SPC v e r s i o n SPC t o SPC l i s t SPC a SPC 
n e w SPC d i r e c t o r y , SPC m a k e w h a t <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> SPC w h a t e v 
e r <return> w a s SPC d o n e SPC d i f f e r e n 
t l y SPC a n SPC o p t i o n <menu-bar> <mail> <send> 
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <double-down-mouse-1> <double-mouse-1> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <re
port-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Loading /home/freds/local/libexec/emacs/21.1/hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00/fns-21.1.2.el 
(source)...done
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.
Loading apropos...done
Type C-x 4 b RET to restore the other window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.
call-interactively: Beginning of buffer [9 times]
call-interactively: End of buffer [11 times]
revert-buffer: Buffer does not seem to be associated with any file
Loading emacsbug...done
Auto-saving...done
Sending...done