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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: problem using R3 asciiStringWidget
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Date: 20 Feb 90 20:39:22 GMT
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>      BUT, when using the R4 twm on a Sun or Aviion (we don't have it on
>   anything else yet), after resetting the text of the aaciiStringWidget,
>   it locks up as far as further keyboard input is concerned.

>       It looks to me as if the asciiStringWidget has removed its event
>    handler for keyboard events, but only when twm is running. I don't
>    see how this can happen, so I suspect something else is going on, but
>    I am at a loss to understand what.

There was a bug in the XToolkit that caused focus to be lost when using
twm and TitleFocus.  I believe that the problem has been fixed in R4, so
switching to an R4 Xt should solve your problem.  Until then you should be okay
of you set NoTitleFocus in twm.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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