How to reproduce: put the following lisp code in a file and load it at startup,
say
xemacs -vanilla -l /tmp/tmp.el
What i get at the first glance looks as expected: awful underlined italic in red
on black (huh), but the buffers tab is unstable!. What do i mean -- any key
press in XEmacs, some unreproducible mouse clicks outside(!) XEmacs cause tabs
to disappear. The following behavior is unpredictable -- they might appear,
then disappear again, and so on.
Here are two screen shots -- the first is just after startup, the second --
after inserting the phrase "Where are the gutters?". The tabs disappeared just
after pressing W. Moreover, the first screenshot is a kind of trick -- i had to
start gimp, then invoke screenshot, using alt-tab switch to terminal, start
xemacs and then "shoot" it. The complication is that clicking somewhere outside
XEmacs caused tabs to hide, so i had to prepare screenshot in advance and only
then invoke xemacs.
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uname -a: Linux hookah 2.2.12-20 #5 Thu Feb 3 17:25:10 MSK 2000 i686 unknown
./configure '--with-sound=none' '--with-pop' '--error-checking=none'
XEmacs 21.2-b31 "Iris" configured for `i686-pc-linux'.
Where should the build process find the source code? /local/src/xemacs-21.2.31
What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local
What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
`s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h'
What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow
Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
(Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.)
Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? no
What window system should XEmacs use? x11
Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include
Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib
Athena library to link: Xaw
Athena header include path: X11/Xaw
Compiling in support for XAUTH.
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
Compiling in support for Berkeley DB.
Compiling in support for LDAP.
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse).
Compiling in support for proper WM_COMMAND handling.
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena native widgets.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Compiling in dynamic shared object module support.
movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files.
Using POP for mail access.
Compiling in extra code for debugging.
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The default settings of tabs work fine, thanks.
What do you think about attaching menues to tabs on button3? Something like
Switch To Buffer
Switch To Buffer, Other Frame
Save Buffer
Save As ...
Kill Buffer
Anyway, great work.
Nick.
