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From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
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Subject: Re: Help with SunSO OpenWindows 2.0 window manager and Saber C
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Date: 8 May 91 20:08:35 GMT
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In-Reply-To: doehr@magellan.den.mmc.com's message of 8 May 91 15:36:10 GMT


>>>>> "Brett" == Brett B. Doehr <doehr@magellan.den.mmc.com> writes:

	Brett> I am running SunOS 4.1.1 and OW2.0, and using Saber-C++
	Brett> version 1.0.1 . I added to the Your Commands submenu of
	Brett> the File Manager's File menu the command	xsaberc++ & and
	Brett> sure enough, the outline of Saber's main window comes up,
	Brett> goes away.  No error message in the console window or at
	Brett> bottom of the File Manager window.  Similar commands for
	Brett> other things (e.g., guide &) work fine.  Please post any
	Brett> ideas for the cause.

I believe the cause is a bug in SaberC++.  The X version must have a
controlling terminal to come up, which means you cannot start it up
from a menu.  I have the same problem running SaberC++ from a twm root
menu.  You have to start it up from an xterm or emacs shell -- in that
case it works fine.  Hopefully this will be fixed in future versions
-- I think Saber has indicated as much.

-Barry