[13310] in Athena Bugs
sun4 7.7K: xess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alexp@MIT.EDU)
Thu Mar 9 18:36:26 1995
From: alexp@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 18:36:12 -0500
To: Laura Baldwin <boojum@MIT.EDU>, bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc:
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>From: Laura Baldwin <boojum@MIT.EDU>
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>System name: m16-034-19
>Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.7K
>Display type: cgthree
>
>What were you trying to do?
> [use edit menu of xess]
>
>What's wrong:
> [While all the other menus are normal size, the edit pull-down
>menu keeps expanding by inserting space between the description of the
>command and the key binding, such that it's now wider than the screen
>and impossible to read the command descriptions.]
>
>What should have happened:
> [The edit menu, as with all the others, should be of a minimum
>width to contain the information it presents.]
>
>Please describe any relevant documentation references:
> [I use twm; there are already known bugs in the interaction
>between twm and xess, such as the "xess cell won't let go of the
>keyboard typing, unless you iconify the window" - switching to mwm
>with the same xess sheet doesn't fix the problem with the edit menu.]
>
>-Laura Baldwin
> boojum@mit.edu
>
Hi Laura,
I'm looking into your latest bug report. I'm not quite sure what you mean
by "the edit menu keeps expanding". I pull it down and it looks normal.
I use an editing command, then pull it down again. It looks normal. I pull
it down several times. It looks normal. Can you give me an exact sequence
of actions to make it happen? I use mwm, but you said it shows up with mwm...
PS: on your previous problem with the window focus: I have reported it to
AIS; they say they can't reproduce it; even if they could, they claim it's
due to a Motif bug which they have no control over. I think I'll try to get
to a higher-up but I don't know if it will get fixed any time soon.
Alex
