Re: Widget problems on Linux/ELF

• From: E.E. Mellor <eem21@cam.ac.uk>
• Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:50:07 +0100 (BST)
• To: Martin Christensen <factotum@mail1.stofanet.dk>
• cc: www-amaya@w3.org
• Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.990427143923.434C-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Martin Christensen wrote:

> I have severe problems with the widget set. In many of the text input
> fields I can only enter weird characters that I didn't know I had. If,
> for instance, I want to fetch a page I choose the "open" dialogue.
> However, the input field will not be responsive to most keys, and the
> few keys that do register produce characters that would hardly qualify
> in most URIs. The problem extends to virtually every type of input
> widget.

Well, I'm using Debian 2.1 GNU/Linux (ELF), and haven't had those kind of
problems at all.  The problems may be with Motif ones.  Does your system
use Motif or Lesstif?  What versions?  I am using LessTif 0.86.9, but have
compiled from source.  Have you tried compiling from source? 

Ewan Mellor.

Received on Tuesday, 27 April 1999 09:50:23 UTC