Hi!
Alexander Mai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Try selecting a few words in a single line (hold Btn1)
> > > in either forward or backward direction. Backwards (towards
> > > the beginning) it ends up with the expected result, otherwise
> > > it selects/highlights the rest of the text.
> >
> > Do this on DDD 3.2.1 or earlier - the latest relase, DDD 3.2.91 has
> > a workaround.
>
> Hmm, but it 'still' a bug within LessTif - or some 'questionable'
> code within DDD at first?
Well, DDD had no problem with OSF/Motif and earlier LessTif versions;
so I assume it's a problem within LessTif. As far as I can see,
the sequence of calls issued by DDD in order to highlight text
may well be unique, but by no means illegal.
> Workarounds are nice, but if it shadows all shortcomings this is
> only helpful for the application itself ...
I agree. Unfortunately, Lesstif has now become the `official� M*tif
toolkit for DDD, and hence I must try to give users a working product.
This includes bug workarounds for ordinary users.
For debugging usage, DDD provides a `--lesstif-version=1000� option which
allows you to disable all Lesstif-related workarounds. I do this with
every new LessTif release in order to find which workarounds can be
eliminated due to better OSF/Motif compatibility.
Greetings,
Andreas
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Andreas Zeller Universitaet Passau
http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/st/staff/zeller/
