[25999] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.3.11: matlab
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Camilla R Fox)
Thu Aug 26 17:28:37 2004
Message-Id: <200408262117.i7QLHBSp028623@red-herring.mit.edu>
To: Kent Lundberg <klund@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:14:31 EDT."
<200408252214.i7PMEVP5027729@eecs-ath-48.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:17:11 -0400
From: Camilla R Fox <cfox@mit.edu>
cc: bugs@mit.edu
Errors-To: bugs-bounces@mit.edu
> Matlab 7.0.0.19901 (R14) does not play nice with vtwm.gamma.
>
> I don't know how to really describe it: when you display a figure, the
> figure window pops up, and then the window slowly gets longer and longer
> (taller and taller). The bottom of the figure window expands off the
> bottom of the screen. Eventually you end up with a very tall and skinny
> window with 99% of the area off the bottom of the screen. This process
> does not seem to stop.
>
> Because of this never-ending expanding window, "print" does not work.
>
> Please don't tell me that vtwm.gamma is no longer supported! :-)
> I'm too old to change.
I can't reproduce this, with either vtwm.gamma or ctwm. I suspect
there's something specific to your configuration going on.
vtwm.gamma's never been well supported; ctwm isn't officially
supported either, but it seems to have bitrotted less, and can replace
vtwm.gamma's functionality completely. (Notably, current versions
of ctwm are used and maintained by people other than us, while our
bitrotting vtwm.gamma seems to be all there is in the vtwm line.)
I'd recommend asking for OLC's help if you have trouble configuring ctwm
to your taste.
Camilla Fox
IS&T Server Operations
