On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:51:31PM +0000, David Tweed wrote: > |Bug 35236 Z\200\223 > | > |where Z is actually a square shape with p (unsigned char)sel->name[10] gives > 226. > > Just as a quick debugging verification, I added a "scrubber" that replaced > any bytes not in 0-127 > with spaces when name is being set and with that the lock up doesn't happen. > But presumably even if xlib can't render > the bytestream "correctly" with the particular fonts available on my system > (which I've got no idea about), > it shouldn't totally hang, right?
Yes, it shouldn't hang at all. Characters X cannot draw, should be ignored by X... this looks like an X bug, however, I'm not sure if signedness issues are related to this, hmm. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
