Focus bug or feature?

[Erik Harrison]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:48:04 +0100, Xavier Otazu <xotazu at cvc.uab.es> wrote:
> 
> 
>         Hi:
> 
>         Thanks Olivier, now I can work with nedit and X composer.
> 
>         Now I have the same problem with the text editor of sylpheed-claws, but since I
> know it is a lesstiff/Motif related issue, I can recompile sylpheed-claws using
> Motif (now I have it with lesstiff). 

Maybe it's just me, but I thought for sure that sylpheed was a GTK+
application - even the claws variety.

The problem is that when I tried to install
> both, I had some problems when compiling programs.
> 
> cheers
> 
> Xavier
> 
> 
> >
> > This is because many Motif based application select the visual with the
> > most bits per pixel, which is an ARGB visual when the compositor is
> > enabled.
> >
> > You can set "XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1" to instruct Xlib not to advertise
> > the ARBG depth/visuals.
> >
> > This can be done either for the whole system by placing a file like
> > "/etc/profile.d/xorg.sh" containing:
> >
> > export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
> >
> > Or just NEdit alone by using an alias, for example:
> >
> > alias nedit="XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 nedit"
> >
> > HTH
> > Olivier.
> >
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