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Re: Backticks in 4.1.0
- To: "Cygwin-Xfree" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>,"Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Subject: Re: Backticks in 4.1.0
- From: "C. Porter Bassett" <porter at et dot byu dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:12:04 -0600
- References: <7F2B9185F0196F44B59990759B91B1C2505C93@ins-exch.inspirepharm.com>
- Reply-To: "C. Porter Bassett" <cporter at byu dot edu>
I have seen this myself on my win2k box. I don't know what to say.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <Fabio@Colorado.EDU>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: RE: Backticks in 4.1.0
> 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
> > >>
>