I'm just cc'ing to X/2 list as I recently read complaints WRT this
buggy library:
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:19:26 +0200 (MET DST), Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
wrote:
>>>>>> "Duncan" == Duncan Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>Duncan> If xforms bugs get too serious then I have some source code
>Duncan> which means I could affect a fix. Distribution is a major
>Duncan> problem---since source is not normally avialable patches are
>Duncan> no good and I probably should not pass the source around in
>Duncan> random directions. I would says lack of a source distribution
>Duncan> is a serious problem in itself--think trojans, etc.
>
>It is indeed. Note that 0.89 should appear in a few days and that it
>fixes at least 3 commonly reported bugs:
>
>- misplaced underlines in menus
>
>- crash when pasting text in an xforms textfield
>
>- crash when deleting a freshly inserted url inset
>
>TC Zhao said that a 0.90 version will be done shortly after 0.89 to
>fix bugs ound. This mean we'll have to report every bug we find in
>0.89 as soon as possible.
>
>Duncan> There are other cute bugs I have experienced too, like one
>Duncan> that is apparently tickled if you bring up the math panel,
>Duncan> open some sub panel and then close the math panel. Closing the
>Duncan> sub-panel tickles the bug. I do not rememvber the exact
>Duncan> manifestation of the bug, it was either a message saying
>Duncan> xforms is unhappy, a crash or both.
>
>I'm not sure whether the bug is in xforms or in the math panel. It
>depends on what the xforms manual says :)
>
>Duncan> Maybe we should try to persaude the authors to provide a
>Duncan> source distribution on the basis we will provide fixes as
>Duncan> required.
>
>>From what I understand, this will happen. But not under GPL.
For any useful bug report I'd need sources with the relevant OS/2
patches, so that I can use gdb ....
All I can say now, opening some panel or sub panel, then cutting and
pasting (non ASCII characters) to LyX main window gives me 'clipboard
wrong owner' reports and strange random crashes, often without
emergency save.
As it seems, often also the X server gets confused, so that I need to
kill it.
Best regards,
Arnd
