; * etc/PROBLEMS: Explain how to get dropping text on xterm to work.

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diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
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@@ -1786,6 +1786,21 @@ remote X server, try this:
 
     (setq mouse-highlight nil)
 
+*** Dropping text on xterm doesn't work.
+
+Emacs sends sythetic button events to legacy clients such as xterm
+that do not support either the XDND or Motif drag-and-drop protocols
+in order to "paste" the text that was dropped.  Unfortunately, xterm
+is configured to ignore these events by default.  Add the following to
+your X defaults file to avoid the problem:
+
+  XTerm.*.allowSendEvents: True
+
+Note that this can in theory pose a security risk, but in pratice
+modern X servers have so many other ways to send input to clients
+without signifying that the event is synthesized that it does not
+matter.
+
 * Runtime problems on character terminals
 
 ** The meta key does not work on xterm.