Selection using mouse aborts unexpectedly

[Jos Backus]

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 12:44:54PM +0200, Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> Sounds like your mouse button is worn out. Did you verify this with a different
> mouse?

No, but I don't think I need to because selection works okay in an xterm. I.e.
when I click-drag the left mouse button inside an xterm the selection stays
active just fine as long as I hold down the mouse button. But when I go to
some webpage inside Opera and try to select text, the selection aborts and
starts reselecting right away. Same on the console. I could swear this used to
work before.

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Jos Backus
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