FVWM: [fvwm-2.0.43] focus lossage using XEmacs-19.1[45]

From: Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 10:11:30 -0700

This is primarily directed at those users who use fvwm-2.0.43 and a
recent version of XEmacs -- 19.14 or the latest 19.15 beta release.

Right now, I'm mainly interested in determining if anyone else can
verify this (or similar) lossage on another machine using fvwm-2.0.43
and XEmacs-19.1[45] and Gnus-5.

>> On 23 Dec 1996 10:36:38 -0800,
>> Steven L Baur(sb) wrote:
>>>>>> "mb" == Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov> writes:

mb> One other note -- I have set:

mb> focus-follows-mouse's value is t
mb> but it doesn't appear to solve anything for me.

Actually, it does help some (see below).

sb> It solves all the focus related stuff I've complained about in the
sb> past with olvwm.

So perhaps I'm witnessing an fvwm-2.0.43 bug...

mb> In particular, I was hoping this would correct the problem where
mb> the XEmacs display goes blank and does not return unless an
mb> iconify/de-iconify sequence is given. This happens consistently
mb> using fvwm-2.0.43 under the following scenario:

mb> (1) Start Gnus from the toolbar
mb> (2) Go to another desktop
mb> (3) Come back to the page containing the XEmacs Gnus
mb> frame. It's now blank.

sb> I've never noticed anything along those lines. You have reached the
sb> *Groups*/*Topics* buffer display, right?

In the above scenario, no. But if I let Gnus get to the point where it
shows it's splash screen (with the yellowish Gnu animal), and then
switch desktops, I'm OK.

sb> I've seen the display blank out while Gnus is initializing (or there
sb> is a long sequence of lisp code), but it always redisplays when I
sb> return to the desktop in question and XEmacs is idling in the command
sb> loop. This is possibly a fvwm bug? Do you have another virtual
sb> window manager to try your XEmacs settings with?

Yes. If I switch desktops in fvwm while the window is blank, I come
back to a blank window. But if I wait for the splash screen, as
described above, switch desktops and then come back I see the *Group*
buffer displayed. I don't believe this semi-win happens in
19.14. Perhaps the rest of the problem is in fact a bug in the fvwm
window manager. I'll try to grab olvwm and build it later to test this
out.

-- 
  -mb-
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