When there is no initial text to the entry widget and you want to specify entry widget options the options separator "--" is thought to be the initial text. Here's a patch.
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Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/fvwm/fvwm/modules/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.1217 diff -u -u -r1.1217 ChangeLog --- ChangeLog 7 Oct 2006 22:30:38 -0000 1.1217 +++ ChangeLog 22 Oct 2006 16:07:15 -0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-10-22 Ben Kibbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + + * FvwmGtk/dialog.c (dialog_entry): + Fix entry widget options with no argv[1]. + 2006-10-08 Viktor Griph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * FvwmProxy/FvwmProxy.c (FindProxyGroupWithWindowName): Index: FvwmGtk/dialog.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/fvwm/fvwm/modules/FvwmGtk/dialog.c,v retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -u -r1.7 dialog.c --- FvwmGtk/dialog.c 29 Jun 2003 19:53:25 -0000 1.7 +++ FvwmGtk/dialog.c 22 Oct 2006 16:07:22 -0000 @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ g_return_if_fail (argc >= 1); item = gtk_entry_new (); gtk_widget_set_name (item, argv[0]); - if (argc >= 2) + if (argc >= 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "--") != 0) { gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (item), argv[1]); }