On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:26:36AM +0200, Benjamin Baier wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:04:07 -0400 > Charles <char...@cdaniels.net> wrote: > > > Hello list, > Hello > > > There seems to be an issue with the Scribus port when combined with CWM. > > Namely, the "properties" window/dialog can only be opened once. After > > being closed, it cannot be opened again. Restarting the application does > > not fix the problem. > > > > This issue is specific to CWM, I am not able to reproduce under FVWM. > > > > I have reproduced this issue under OpenBSD current on AMD64, and on > > OpenBSD 6.4 on macppc (iBook G4). In both cases, using Scribus 1.4.6 > > installed via pkg_add. > > > > I found a previous issue that affected the way CWM and Qt interact, which > > was > > posted[1] under the subject line "calmwm mouse stuck inside of window" over > > on > > misc@. Okan and I synced up off list and determined it was due to CWM's > > implementation of EWMH interacting improperly with Qt. > Seen this one before, too. > > > I am reporting this issue separately, as this particular failure seems > > specific > > to Scribus, as I've not seen this behavior under any other program. > VLC also does this. Running VLC in CWM and opening the "Show extended > settings" dialog > also has the described behaviour.
I believe that VLC uses qt also... probably a correlation there. Can you reproduce this issue under other WMs on OpenBSD besides CWM? > > I believe this could reasonably be an issue with Scribus, Qt, and/or CWM. > > > > I have a hunch that this may be related in some way to Scribus issue > > 9293[2], > > as deleting the entire '<context name="PropertiesPalette">' section from > > "~/.scribus/prefs140.xml" allows the properties window to be opened. But > > closing and re-opening it will fail (presumably since this context has been > > re-created). > > > > It may be worth contacting upstream, but since this issue only happens under > > CWM, it might be on us, so I wanted to do the due diligence of getting some > > more opinions before going upstream with it. > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > > > 1. Install Scribus from ports > > 2. Log in to X with CWM > > 3. Open Scribus, create a new document > > 4. Press "t" to create a new text box, place it on the canvas > > 5. Enter some text in the box. > > 6. Do any of the following: > > a. Right click on the text box and select "properties" > > b. Press F2 > > c. Select Windows->Properties > > 7. Interact in some way with the properties dialog, maybe change the font, > > then > > close it. > > 8. Attempt to repeat step 6. The properties dialog will not appear. > > > > I am happy to try out patches, gather further information, or otherwise > > assist > > any debugging effort to the best of my abilities. > > > > ~ Charles > > > > 1 - https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=154524602418343&w=2 > > 2 - https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=9293 > > Stuart mentioned it may be an issue relating to re-parenting or lack thereof interacting adversely with qt (or Scribus). I will test under a couple of other WMs to see if there is any pattern, and also try to reproduce under Linux (if other non-reparenting WMs on Linux exhibit the same problem, then this is an issue for upstream). ~ Charles
