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From: mcgregor@NCIFCRF.GOV
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Persistent Canvases
Message-ID: <8802111706.AA18085@fcs50a.ncifcrf.gov>
Date: 12 Feb 88 03:07:13 GMT
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I have a beginng NeWS user question:

	I am running Suntools' Mailtool.  I click on the 'done' button.
	The Mailtool icon appears at the upper left corner.  The Mailtool
	canvas (or is it still a window even under NeWS) persists, but is
	non-functional.  Is there a reasonably simple explanation for this?

The details of the situation are as follows:
	1. I am working on a SUN 3/50 diskless node.
	2. We are using Version 1.0 of NeWS.
	3. I have a "console" canvas which I invoked from the
	   walking menu that is activated by the Right Button
	   Action on the background region.  This canvas is
	   obscurred by the Mailtool canvas.
	4. To correct this problem I click on the icon, wait for
	   Mailtool to "settle down" then click on the 'done'
	   button or 'close' via the title bar menu.

There are some rather bizarre warpings of the cursor and widespread effects, that
are rather tough to describe, associated with this phenomena.  If anyone is
interested I can try to desribe them later, but I am not sure its necessary
for my question here.

Thank you for the help.

  George McGregor    @	NCI Supercomputer Facility
  c/o PRI, Inc.		Phone: (301) 698-5789
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  Frederick, MD 21701	Arpa: mcgregor@ncifcrf.gov