Unable to read configuration files xmgrace and nedit
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue Nov 25 19:45:00 GMT 2008
Charles L. Werner wrote:
> Hello,
> Recently when starting nedit or xmgrace (N.B. both use motif/lesstiff) I
> now get
> a flurry of messages of the form:
>
> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate
> Warning: ... found while parsing ':<Key>osfActivate:
> ManagerParentActivate()'
> Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors
> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfBeginLine
> ...
>
> What generates these messages? What are the relevant files? Nedit is
> broken as a result
> and cannot be used.
>
> I have been updating the cygwin installation on a regular basis, but
> these messages has just
> recently appeared
>
> I reinstalled the Cygwin lesstif, xmgrace, and nedit packages to no avail.
>
> Next I rebuilt nedit from source code. It runs without generating these
> messages,
> but now I get a warning that I have built the program using an unstable
> motif version
> i.e. the current cygwin lesstif package...
>
> Solutions?
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A: Yes.
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>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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