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RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
- To: "'Fabio at Colorado dot EDU'" <Fabio at Colorado dot EDU>
- Subject: RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:58:04 -0400
- Cc: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
Fabio,
I cannot reproduce it. On my systems (Windows 2000, and ME) I do not see
it. I left the server on for almost an hour and watched ;-)
I do not have Windows 98SE, but on Windows ME I also do not see backtick?
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabio Somenzi [mailto:Fabio@Colorado.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:50 PM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi
> Cc: 'Fabio@Colorado.EDU'; 'cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com'
> Subject: RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
>
> Suhaib,
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply. I ran a few more experiments. I still
> get the backticks even when:
>
> 1. I run without window manager.
>
> 2. I disable McAfee Virus Scan.
>
> 3. I change the screen parameters from 1280x1024x32 to 1280x1024x16 in
> the call to XWin.
>
> I didn't mention it explicitly, but just in case..., the backticks
> only show up in the xfree windows. I've seen them with xterms, rxvts,
> and with emacs.
>
>
> Fabio
>
>
> >>>>> "SS" == Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com> writes:
>
> SS> I will try to reproduceit with your startup script. I have not seen
> it.
> SS> However, once in a while I used to get a tiny Virtual Windows Manager
> icon
> SS> for vtwm, which I always assumed was due to a bug in vtwm.
>
> SS> Suhaib
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Fabio Somenzi [mailto:Fabio@Colorado.EDU]
> >> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:53 PM
> >> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> >> Cc: Fabio Somenzi
> >> Subject: Backticks in 4.1.0
> >>
> >>
> >> I have installed the binaries for 4.1.0 on my desktop PC running
> >>
> >> Windows98
> >> cygwin 1.3.2
> >> no previous xfree installation
> >>
> >> All works well except for the fact that about once a minute, a
> >> backtick ('`') appears in the window that has the focus.
> >>
> >> I have installed 4.0.3 on my laptop, running
> >>
> >> Windows98SE
> >> cygwin 1.3.2
> >>
> >> and, with the same general setup, I have not seen this problem.
> >>
> >> On the desktop, I have tried both twm and vtwm as window managers. I
> >> took the latter from the 4.0.3 distribution.)
> >> I have tried vtwm with and without .vtwmrc. The results are the same.
> >>
> >> I start xfree with this simple script, which apart from the screen
> >> parameters, is the same on the laptop:
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> #! /bin/sh
> >>
> >> eval `ssh-agent`
> >> XWin -screen 0 1280x1024x32 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 -engine 4 &
> >> vtwm &
> >> xsetroot -solid aquamarine4
> >> xclock -geometry 80x80+1134+0 &
> >> xterm -n xterm-1 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
> >> +361+0 -e bash &
> >> xterm -n xterm-2 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
> >> +0+396 -e bash &
> >> xterm -n xterm-3 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry
> >> +508+343 -e bash &
> >> exit
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> (The laptop has 1024x768x16 instead of 1280x1024x32.)
> >>
> >> The problem exists also if I comment out the "ssh-agent" line. It
> >> exists also when I have all local clients. However, the backticks do
> >> not seem to show up when the window in which xfree runs is
> >> "minimized." Any suggestions on what I could try next?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> Fabio Somenzi
> >>