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-X, which is subscribed to xterm in 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
