FVWM: Re: fvwm/xterm

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey_at_his.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:56:57 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 07:32:24PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > I noticed a problem in the current version of fvwm (2.4.16 on Debian testing)
> > that affects xterm, and am curious if you have some idea how to analyze it. If
> > I type
> > resize -s 40 80
> > in xterm, it does an XtMakeResizeRequest for the corresponding number of
> > pixels. Immediately after, X calls the resize function of the xterm vt100
> > widget with 40x80 as the pixel size of the window. That repeats, and I get a
> > 3x13 window as a result.
>
> xterm is doing some non-standard things with its geometry that can
> confuse some versions of fvwm. Try fvwm-2.5.7.

2.5.6 is easier to get, and does work. (I was confused by the recent
Changelog date for 2.4.16, thinking that it was recent, but see that it
is not).

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