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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Bug in xfig or Xaw
Keywords: InputHint needs to be set
Message-ID: <4211@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 13 Nov 89 16:55:31 GMT
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Reply-To: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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Try setting InputHint of the Window Manager hints to TRUE.
xfig will not allow any input when running DECwindows dxwm (a fully ICCCM-
compliant window manager), so this fixes that problem.
Maybe it is also your problem.


(near line 229 in main.c):

        Arg             tmp_arg[2];
+        XWMHints        *wmhints;

(near line 314 in main.c):

...
        XtManageChildren(children, NCHILDREN);
        XtRealizeWidget(tool);

+        /* Set the input field to true to allow keyboard input */
+        wmhints = XGetWMHints(tool_d, XtWindow(tool));
+        wmhints->flags = InputHint;
+        wmhints->input = True;
+        XSetWMHints(tool_d, XtWindow(tool),wmhints);

        if( RHS_PANEL )
...

_____________________________________
Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.