Re: xterm switching problem

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kirsch, Rainer wrote:

> Dear Cygwin/XFree development team,
>
> I want to inform you about a problem which exists using xterm together
> with WindowMaker and rootless XWin.
>
> I am starting XFree via:
>         XWin -screen 0 1024 768 -clipboard -rootless -emulate3buttons 100 &
>         setxkbmap de nodeadkeys &
>         wmaker.exe

> xterm blocks (refusing to react to normal keyboard entry) after being
> started and if you alter the focus clicking on the (window maker
> provided) title bar of a xterm window.
> If you click into the (inner part of the) window it not only gets the
> focus but also starts to react normally.
>
> If you use an old xterm binary e.g. that of 4.3.0-4, the window starts
> working immediately even if you click onto its title bar (which is the
> expected behaviour).

This problem was reported multiple times (latest at
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-11/msg00131.html>), and is
apparently due to the new dynamic Xaw library.  The workaround for now is
to use the older xterm binary.

I take it the "proper" solution is known and is being worked on, right,
Harold?
	Igor
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