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#120 Virtual binding warnings on console
How to get rid of these messages:
Cannot convert string "<Key>Escape,_Key_Cancel" to
type VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "<Key>Home,_Key_Begin" to type
VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "<Key>F1,_Key_Help" to type
VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "Shift<Key>F10,_Key_Menu" to type
VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "<Key>F10,Shift_Key_Menu" to type
VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "<Key>KP_Enter,_Key_Execute" to type
VirtualBindingCannot convert
string "Alt<Key>Return,Alt_Key_KP_Enter" to type
VirtualBinding
Thanks for help
/Lia
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Sounds like your system's virtual bindings only for Motif.
Most of the binaries on the website are built with 1.2.
You can recompile NEdit with Motif 2.x so that it can
understand 2.x. virtual bindings.
Or, run this:
xprop -root -remove _MOTIF_DEFAULT_BINDINGS
before running NEdit, to see if it helps.
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I get a similar message:
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Cannot convert string "MetaCtrl<Key>Insert" to type VirtualBinding
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This happens with every NEdit version I ever used, from 5.1.1 to a patched HEAD from this week, with both
XFree86 3.3.6 and 4.1.0.1 and possibly some in between.
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NEdit release of Feb 16, 2002
Built on: Solaris, Sparc, Forte C
Built at: Feb 19 2002, 20:24:32
With Motif: 1002 [@(#)OSF/Motif Version 1.2.6]
Running Motif: 1002
Server: The XFree86 Project, Inc 40100001
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I just got exactly the same message as you, Thorsten.
I was running a Solaris binary displaying on a Linux box.
It turns out that the virtual key bindings attached to the
root window (by the Flash player, I believe) are not
accepted by the Solaris Motif library.
After removing the bindings, the warning disappeared.
My guess it that something similar happened with the
original poster.
It looks harmless, though (I assume that Motif uses some
defaults when it cannot parse the bindings for certain
keys).
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I think we have a fix for this in 5.3. Ed, will the automatic
insane-binding mechanism catch this (the malformed
bindings with underscores), or does the user have to invoke it
with the 'always' switch?
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The automatic mechanism currently only detects multiple
bindings to the same virtual key, so it won't see this one.
The mechanism can be extended, but then I need more
information: are the underscores already present in
the root window property or are they converted by the binding
parsing routines before the error message is generated ?
In other words, I need the output of
xprop -root | grep _MOTIF_DEFAULT_BINDINGS
in this case in order to be sure.
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Some more, NEdit is running on
SunOS nameofhost 5.7 Generic_106541-18 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Ultra-2
displaying on
SunOS nameofhost 5.6 Generic_105181-06 sun4m sparc
SUNW,SPARCstation-20
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patrol@ds3901a:~ $ nedit
Cannot convert string "<Key>SunCopy" to type VirtualBinding
Cannot convert string "<Key>SunCut" to type VirtualBinding
Cannot convert string "<Key>SunPaste" to type VirtualBinding
translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: SunFind
... found while parsing '<Key>SunFind:find-word()'
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NEdit Version 5.2
October 2001
Built on: Solaris, Sparc, Forte C
Built at: Oct 25 2001, 10:39:57
With Motif: 1002 [@(#)OSF/Motif Version 1.2.3]
Running Motif: 1002
Server: Sun Microsystems, Inc. 3600
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I think multiple bindings to the same key are legal, but
only with Motif 2. (I'll double check the source code.)
However, the underscores are clearly malformed and should be
considered "insane". We should probably consider the
multiple bindings sane if NEdit is compiled with OSF Motif
2.
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Another instance, NEdit is running on
SunOS host1 5.7 Generic_106541-15 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
displaying on
SunOS host2 5.6 Generic_105181-05 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Ultra-60
I get about a Gazillion errors, three lines of
Cannot convert string "..." to type VirtualBinding
and 273 instances of
translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:
osfActivate
... found while parsing
':<Key>osfActivate:ManagerParentActivate()'
(So a Gazillion seems to be about 276.)
This is the ofiicial binary:
NEdit 5.3
Jun 1, 2002
Built on: Solaris, Sparc, Forte C
Built at: Jun 3 2002, 10:34:36
With Motif: 1002 [@(#)OSF/Motif Version 1.2.2]
Running Motif: 1002
Server: Sun Microsystems, Inc. 3600
Another NEdit (also official binary) running from
SunOS host3 5.6 Generic_105181-19 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Ultra-2
shows no error on the same display.
error log
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Forgot to mention the most important thing: Only letter and
number keys work as expected, all others either insert
control characters or do nothing. NEdit is almost unusable.
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The error reported on 2002-07-20 was due to a wrong
$XKEYSYMDB setting. After unsetting $XKEYSYMDB, everything
goes smooth.