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From: dws@margay.cs.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: twm and tvtwm hang when key hit while positioning new window
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.185244.29776@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 18:52:44 GMT
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Originator: dws@margay.cs.wisc.edu

I think this is a bug in twm/tvtwm.  I tried mailing the author of
tvtwm, but didn't get any reply.

When positioning a new window (e.g. an xterm with no specified or
default position), if I hit a key or two before hitting the appropriate
mouse button to set the position, the window manager (either twm or
tvtwm) hangs.  The only way to recover is to log in from somewhere else
and kill the window manager.

I run into this problem all the time because my workstation is so
slow.  I start up an xterm from a menu entry, then go about my work in
a window until the xterm is ready to be positioned (this can take about
thirty seconds, so I don't want to just wait for it).  When I don't
notice the pointer changing shape in time to stop typing, I hang up the
window manager.

DaviD W. Sanderson (dws@cs.wisc.edu)
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