Re: [Xnee-devel] When "cnee --replay ..." inside Xnest or gdmXnest -windows, most of the recorded characters re-appear right, but mouse cursor does not move.

[Henrik Sandklef]

Before reading your whole email, I'd like to ask wether you have checked
if the mouse motions are replayed but mouse is not visible.

This is easily checked by 

1) Monitoring the Xnest display (say :20):
  cnee --record --mouse --display :20

2) Replay your session.

Is cnee monitoring/recording anything?


/h

 On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:28 +0200, Veijo Ryhänen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> here is how to reproduce this problem by using cnee 2.01 or cnee 2.04
> (haven't tried other versions):
> 
> 1. Record at least one mouse click (to get focus) and some mouse
> movements and type in 
>    some "english only" characters and native keyboard characters too
> by using command:
> 
>  cnee --record --stop-key s --events-to-record -1 --data-to-record -1
> --all-events -o all_events.xns
> 
> 
> 2. Playback in the same display to make sure that recording was
> successfull by using command:
> 
>  cnee --replay --no-sync -f all_events.xns
>  
> 3. Start your Xnest by using command:
> 
>   DISPLAY=:0;Xnest -geometry 1024x768+0+0 :1 &
> 
> or:
> 
>   DISPLAY=:0; gdmXnest  (This will print to console: DISPLAY=:20)
>   
>  
> 4.Start xterm by using command:
> 
>   xterm -geometry 1024x768+0+0 -display :1 &
>   
> or:
>  
>   DISPLAY=:20 ; xterm -geometry 1024x768+0+0 (if using gdmXnest)
>   
> 
> 5. Try to replay by using command:
>  
>   cnee --verbose --replay --no-sync -f all_events.xns --display :1 
> 
> or
> 
>   cnee --verbose --replay --no-sync -f all_events.xns --display :20
> (if using gdmXnest)
>     
> You should see that everything that you type in when recording appears
> to xterm 
> -window  but mouse cursor does NOT move!
> 
> 
> Solution:
> ---------
>  
> Replay using display 0, NOT display 1 (or 20 if using gdmXnest) by
> using command:
> 
> cnee --time 3 --replay --no-sync -f all_events.xns --display :0
> 
> after typing the above command, set focus to Xnest window (=display 1
> or 20)
> and wait for replay start. You should see both mouse movements and
> letters 
> to appear on the console. However, this is NOT good solution if test
> should 
> be done automatically, because you must set initial focus manually. 
> Better solution is to start replay from xterm -console which is inside
> Xnest.
> Then, do not trust to DISPLAY variable inside Xnest, use the
> "--display :0" 
> -switch instead.
> 
> It is very confusing to use "--display :0" when replaying on Xnest
> using 
> display :1 but I guess that there is only one mouse which is
> connected 
> to display 0 and that's why "--display :0" -option must be used.
> 
> 
> Wishlist:
> ---------
> 
> Bad think is that if somebody try to use Xnee or cnee with Xnest (or
> Xephyr)
> he/she will propably waste many, many hours before findig solution to
> this
> "mouse cursor does not move" -problem. This is why I hope that there
> will 
> be some kind of updated manual/information/xnee.pdf or something  like
> that 
> information source which can be very helpfull to solve this problem.
> 
> or:
> 
> There should be some kind of hint/tip output build inside the cnee:
> When replaying with switch "--display :1" (or any display greater than
> 0) 
> cnee should check if command "xlsclients |grep :1" will return string 
> "Xnest :1" or "Xephyr :1". If that is the case, then cnee should
> output
> something like this: 
> 
> "Warning: When replaying on nested Xserver, mouse replay does not work
> until you specify "--display :0""
> 
> 
> Personally I would prefer "warning text to console" -solution,
> because 
> usually I don't read the manuals.
> 
> 
> Keyboard problem
> ----------------
> 
> I used finnish keyboard national special characters öäå and ÖÄÅ 
> (=ö odiaresis, adiaresis etc...) when recording, but I did not
> succeed to replay them inside Xnest. In fact, it was impossible to 
> write these national characters to xterm command prompt which was 
> inside Xnest. Same problem when using nedit inside Xnest window.
> 
> Solution:
> ---------
> 
> In xterm -window, which is inside Xnest -window, use command:
> 
>   xmodmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.fi
> 
> or:
> 
>   Xnest -xkbmap /usr/share/xmodmap/xmodmap.fi :1
> 
> 
> - - -
> 
> For me it was very, very time consuming task to get all those options 
> and display settings to right positions when using Xnest+cnee+finnish
> keyboard.
> 
> Because it took so much time to get initial settings right in this
> combination, I 
> haven't yet try to replay self-centered windows (with or without
> titlebars)
> inside Xnest. I haven't try either to replay recordings which were
> done
> in different resolution to replay inside Xnest -window (which use
> different
> resolution than when recording).
> 
> Hopefully brand new cnee flag "--replay-offset x,y" is much more
> faster way to start use for those people who are not familiar with
> these
> Xnest+cnee "tricks" explained in this message.
> Next I will try that new flag...
> 
> 
> Veijo Ryhänen, Finland
> 
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