On Nov 28, 2007 3:24 PM, Chris Rouch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2007 3:06 PM, Tom Horsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > When I use gnucash under fvwm (2.5.21 and 2.5.24), and I try to invoke > > > the find dialog, I can see it start, then immediately disappear. There > > > is no error message shown. If I shutdown fvwm the dialog does not > > > appear (so it is not just hidden). This is the same if I use my normal > > > config or an empty config. If I use metacity or twm the dialog appears > > > as expected. > > > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion what the problem might be or how to go > > > about debugging it? > > > > I have no idea of the problem, but I see similar things with the > > redhat virt-manager app for controlling Xen virtual machines. When > > I add this to my config file, I can see the window OK: > > > > Style virt-manager.py Unmanaged > > > > (but, of course, I can't interact with it very well :-). > > > > I also find that if I then edit the config file to comment out the > > Unmanage line, and restart fvwm, the window hangs around and behaves > > normally, so something is going on during window creation that upsets > > the python gtk stuff for the affected windows, but I've never been > > able to track down what it is. > > > > Thanks. I can set gnucash style as I want and set the dialog "Find > Transaction" style to Unmanaged, and is it's only there for a short > time it doesn't really matter that the window manager ignores it. It > would be nice to have it fixed properly, but at least now it's usable. > > Chris >
I spoke too soon. The text input widget doesn't get keyboard focus, though middle click pasting does work. So it's barely useable. I think there should be a way (from a menu or automatically) to get the dialog managed by fvwm after it has appeared, but so far I've not managed to work out how. Chris
