This goes back to a thread that is several months old where a fix was
generated for the fvwm window manager to fix a slow popup dialog box in
Perl/Tk apps. The fix was based on a similar problem discovered in
Tcl/Tk (I don't know any of the details). I'd appreciate hearing
directly from anyone who can shed some light on this. I'll post this to
other groups too. TIA
Has anyone else seen this?
I have good circumstantial evidence that this change to fvwm2 causes
some sort of problem with at least one Tcl/Tk app. This could be a
problem in the application, Tcl/Tk, an incorrect fix for fvwm or even
mean that Perl/Tk needs a change for the original problem.
The application 'tkcvs' is a Tcl/Tk GUI interface for CVS. Most times,
but not always, when one selects a file and then selects the Commit
button, a window opens for the reason to be entered and then abruptly
closes. CVS commit is not done. I've been using the same version of
tkcvs for many months and this symptom just began showing up after we
converted to Solaris 5.7.
I have other TkCVS apps (like TKDIFF in the same package) that do not
show this problem.
It is very difficult for me to debug TCL apps, but it appears the
problem occurs in a call to TKWAIT after the commit prompt window is
created.
Upgrading to the latest version of tkcvs makes no difference.
The problem seems very consistent on both Linux and Solaris systems.
Upgrading to fvwm 2.4 (where the fix has been applied) makes no
difference.
Removing the fix in fvwm (events.c) FIXES the TkCVS problem.
Versions:
TCL tcl8.3.2
FVWM 2.4 or 2.3.31 with patch
TkCVS 7.0 or 6.3b3(something like this)
Solaris 5.7
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Biostatistics, Univ of Michigan Personal Email: tpg_at_hps.com
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Received on Tue Jul 24 2001 - 08:06:09 BST