Bug#305723: xterm: Odd behavior in Ctrl-click menu invocation

["Benjamin A. Okopnik" <ben@linuxgazette.net>]

Package: xterm
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1
Severity: normal


This is actually a long-standing bug (several years, at least) that I'm
just now reporting... I guess I'm getting more picky as time goes on. :)

When I hold down the Ctrl key and click (either right- or left-) on the
xterm, I'm supposed to get a menu. Instead, what I get is this:

<http://okopnik.freeshell.org/menu/tiny-menu.jpg>

Unless I click on the pixel-wide on the bottom of this "micro-menu",
there's no way to get to the other items. Just to show the extent of
this "clipped" area, I've set 'Secure Keyboard' (i.e., highlighted the
background) and tried it again:

<http://okopnik.freeshell.org/menu/tiny-menu-highlighted.jpg>

Once I _have_ clicked that "microbar", the menu (for that button; each
of the two menus requires the above procedure to become accessible)
appears.

<http://okopnik.freeshell.org/menu/full-menu.jpg>

Please let me know if I can help with any troubleshooting or feedback.


Regards,
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://linuxgazette.net *

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-20        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libexpat1            1.95.8-1            XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libfontconfig1       2.3.1-2             generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6         2.1.7-2.3           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libice6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5          5.4-4               Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libsm6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii  libxaw7              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Athena widget set library
ii  libxext6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2              2.1.7-1             FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxpm4              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X pixmap library
ii  libxrender1          0.8.3-7             X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-12     X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  xlibs-data           4.3.0.dfsg.1-12     X Window System client data

-- debconf information:
  xterm/clobber_xresource_file: true
  xterm/xterm_needs_devpts: