Investigated, found that the essential difference between xterm and urxvt in this aspect is that xterm initializes using one of the functions such as XtOpenApplication, which does resource initialization, etc., on a shell widget that it creates. Later, it uses XReparentWindow to handle the "-into" option. urxvt on the other hand, processes its "-embed" option before creating its first window, using the parameter directly as its parent window. While Tcl/Tk handles the XReparentWindow, Gtk does not, it seems.
Given the nature of the problem (a bug in Gtk), revising xterm's initialization to work around Gtk's problems would seem to be a wish- list item for xterm rather than a bug in xterm. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/806969 Title: "xterm -into <id>" not working correctly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xterm/+bug/806969/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
