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sun4 7.6R: autocad

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dot@MIT.EDU)
Mon May 9 13:39:41 1994

From: dot@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 13:39:19 -0400
To: Jakub Roth Maly z Tulechova <jroth@MIT.EDU>, bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: 


>What were you trying to do?
>	Run AutoCAD
>
>What's wrong:
>	It killed my window manager.
>
>What should have happened:
>	It shouldn't have killed my windowmanager.
>
>Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>	I then started Open Look (olwm) and it worked just fine.
>

Hi Jakub,

Were you using vtwm*, or twm?  If so, you're absolutely right, AutoCAD does 
kill the window manager.  Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to get
it fixed, as the version running on the Sun is not even supposed to
run under X windows - it's an Open Look version.  I'm sorry, but I
don't think AutoDesk will listen to this one.

		Dorothy Bowe



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