FVWM: Re: fvwm/xterm

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:52:28 +0200

On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 02:56:57PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 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).

The 2.5.x versions are from the development branch and 2.4.x is
the stable branch. We are working on both branches in parallel.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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