KMH> I have been having the same problem. I've disabled dialog boxes for KMH> now. Clicking the buttons in the dialog does nothing; they press, KMH> but XEmacs doesn't read it. Closing the dialog via the WM causes KMH> XEmacs to crash. This happens to me as well, but only on Linux, where I use xaw, and not on Solaris, where I get working Motif dialog boxes. This is with gutters turned off. Andy? Martin

Andy> At 11:52 PM 1/2/00 -0800, Martin Buchholz wrote: KMH> I have been having the same problem. I've disabled dialog boxes for KMH> now. Clicking the buttons in the dialog does nothing; they press, KMH> but XEmacs doesn't read it. Closing the dialog via the WM causes KMH> XEmacs to crash. Andy> Does this make any difference? It's the only thing that might have changed Andy> this behaviour recently. Hmm, in fact try taking out the subclass bit Andy> entirely and see if that makes a difference also. Andy> Index: lwlib-Xaw.c Andy> =================================================================== Andy> RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/lwlib/lwlib-Xaw.c,v Andy> retrieving revision 1.9.2.6 Andy> diff -u -r1.9.2.6 lwlib-Xaw.c Andy> --- lwlib-Xaw.c 1999/12/21 23:08:57 1.9.2.6 Andy> +++ lwlib-Xaw.c 2000/01/03 10:46:04 Andy> ＠＠ -146,7 +146,8 ＠＠ Andy> } Andy> #endif /* LWLIB_DIALOGS_ATHENA */ Andy> #ifdef LWLIB_WIDGETS_ATHENA Andy> - else if (XtIsSubclass (widget, labelWidgetClass)) Andy> + else if (XtIsSubclass (widget, labelWidgetClass) Andy> + || XtClass (widget) == labelWidgetClass) Andy> { Andy> Arg al [1]; Andy> XtSetArg (al [0], XtNlabel, val->value); This patch did not fix the crash, but your second suggestion did work: I am committing this emergency fix now because it seems like an important thing to fix now. Andy, feel free to redo later as you wish. ChangeLog: 2000-01-03 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * lwlib-Xaw.c (xaw_update_one_widget): Emergency fix for this crash: (yes-or-no-p-dialog-box "Yes or No") Index: lwlib-Xaw.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/lwlib/lwlib-Xaw.c,v retrieving revision 1.9.2.6 diff -u -w -r1.9.2.6 lwlib-Xaw.c --- lwlib-Xaw.c 1999/12/21 23:08:57 1.9.2.6 +++ lwlib-Xaw.c 2000/01/04 01:58:44 ＠＠ -146,7 +146,7 ＠＠ } #endif /* LWLIB_DIALOGS_ATHENA */ #ifdef LWLIB_WIDGETS_ATHENA - else if (XtIsSubclass (widget, labelWidgetClass)) + else if (XtClass (widget) == labelWidgetClass) { Arg al [1]; XtSetArg (al [0], XtNlabel, val->value); Martin