xfsm & xemacs

[Ric]

Hi Benedikt:

I think this is new with the version 0.24 or versions since you added the X11
R5 'awareness'.

Before the 0.24 release, I had xemacs-21.4.9 in "Autostart".  It worked to
start XEmacs on ws6. No problems that I saw.

After getting all of RC1 (except trigger) compiled and installed via RPM, I
added xfce4-session.  I sent an email here to the list that I had to remove
one of the %docs lines to get it to  make  but other than that no problems
with  make rpm.

I had a _lot_ of weird stuff happening at first with RC1 and xfce4-session.
Popup windows opening on other workspaces maximized, some windows/aps just
closing for IDK what reason, corrupted characters when trying to make a -s
symlink, ...  Some of it was caused by the xintrc snafu but I fixed that and,
oddly, after a couple of reboots to use another program/OS, most everything
has calmed down... except:

If xemacs is running, after logout with save session, the xfsm starts xemacs
at the next login. Autostart also runs so I end up with two xemacs, one of
which shows up on ws1 -hung in some endless cpu loop or it is a running
process with no window which is also spinning one of the CPUs like a top(~65%
usage acc. to gkrellm).  IOW, one XEmacs is running but I cannot see it -
there is no display for it.  The other seems to be okay.
Okay, I removed the Autostart/xemacs-21.4.9.  
I LO with xemacs running on ws6 and then LI.  xfsm does start xemacs, again on
ws1 and it _is_ visible but the really weird part is that gkrellm, two aterms
and, sometimes, emelfm all get put on ws1 too.  They were on other ws's at
logout.  Stranger still is that I run gps(via Autostart) on ws2 and it is
there exactly as I left it at logout.  I run 2 emelfm from Autostart and at
least one gets put exactly as I left it(position/size) and sometimes both;
i.e., the interference with placing emelfm seems to be a bit random.

Furthermore, if I do not run xemacs the behavior is what is expected, i.e.,
gkrellm, gps and the aterms used to tail logs are on ws2, emelfm is on ws4 and
my second emelfm is on ws8 which is ALL very, very *nice* - much like what I
could do in XFce v3. :))

The thing is that xemacs is a bit slow to start compared to other aps, except
OOffice.org, hence having it already running when I need it is very helpful. 
I use it a lot for info, man, locating functions in code, and  ...

I have tried working around this numerous times/ways.  It is a bug. IDK
where(i.e., xemacs X11 R5 sm?)  but it is a bug here and is repeatable. 

Can you try xemacs with your setup and see if it kills proper xfsm handling
too?  Maybe it is just me and my personal configs...

Do you think using the current CVS rather than RC1 would help resolve this?

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Have A Great Day!

Ric
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