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 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 >
