Bug#512401: general: Java, Tk and Tkinter applications broken in Metacity window manager

2011-06-01 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Miguel, Miguel Filgueiras wrote: I'm willing to help but could you please explain how to get the patch and how to install it? Probably the easiest way is # apt-get build-dep metacity # apt-get install git fakeroot $ apt-get source metacity $ cd metacity-2.30.1 $ git init $ git add

Bug#512401: general: Java, Tk and Tkinter applications broken in Metacity window manager

2011-06-01 Thread Miguel Filgueiras
Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your messages. Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: This looks like the same bug as http://bugs.debian.org/340725, so I'm merging them optimistically. Yes, it seems exactly the same problem. What is described by Tim Cutts (We have a number of Tcl/Tk apps...) in

Bug#512401: general: Java, Tk and Tkinter applications broken in Metacity window manager

2011-05-28 Thread Jonathan Nieder
forcemerge 340725 512401 quit Hi Miguel, Miguel Filgueiras wrote: Applications implemented in Java, in Tcl/Tk and in Python using Tkinter fail to raise their own toplevel windows when working under the Metacity window manager. [...] These tests create 3 windows each with two buttons for

Bug#512401: general: Java, Tk and Tkinter applications broken in Metacity window manager

2009-01-20 Thread Miguel Filgueiras
Package: general Severity: important Applications implemented in Java, in Tcl/Tk and in Python using Tkinter fail to raise their own toplevel windows when working under the Metacity window manager. This is the case with gpsman and the practical result is that part of its functionality is broken