[Xastir-dev] right-click in Xastir 1.9.4 and 1.9.6 hangs the pointer

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Alan Crosswell wrote:

> I thought this might be the zero-size list thing I saw in the xastir or 
> xastir-dev list archives...  So I installed 1.9.6 to make sure I had the 
> latest code.

That zero-size problem had to do with the "Desktop Effects" option
which enabled "compiz" as I recall.


> If I right click in Xastir, the pointer switches orientation (arrow leaning 
> to the right), no pop-up menu appears, and the pointer is stuck in the Xastir 
> window.  It can't navigate out of the Xastir window and I have to pop over to 
> another virtual terminal (control-alt-F2) and kill the xastir process to get 
> control back.  This is under FC12 rawhide with the default gnome display 
> manager.
>
> Is this the same bug I saw in the list?  Have others experienced this?

I have not seen this (that I recall, which ain't saying much), but
I don't run Gnome or KDE.  It's certainly possible that they've
changed something in newer desktops that make them incompatible with
Motif-based apps.  The "compiz" bug was in that category as I think
other Motif apps were problematic under compiz as well.

Sure would be nice if people would think about making things
backward-compatible when they add code, instead of just tromping
forward blindly assuming everyone uses KDE or Gnome and can fix
their apps at will to comply.

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