#1 "Program Info" dialog in egdesign does not work

[Anonymous]

Hi,

everygui is an awesome tool. Sadly, there is one thing
in egdesign which does not work.

Action:
Starting "egdesign" from the shell and clicking
"Program Info".

What happens:
The dialog appears and disappears immediately on my
machine. The designer main window is blocked then and
accepts no more input, no clicks, no keys. The only
way to stop the app is to kill it from the command
line.
I used the XFCE taskbar as a window list to check
whether the dialog window just gets minimized or out
of focus. But it disappears from the list as well.
There is no error output to the originating shell.

What is supposed to happen:
The dialog should stay open an receive input. Closing
the dialog should return to the main program.

Versions installed:
Gentoo Linux
EveryGUI 0.99.b
Python 2.4.2
pygtk 2.8.6
libglade 2.5.1
GTK+ 2.8.8

Since I do not have a sourceforge account, I would be
glad about a notification via email.

Best regards,
Florian Berger, Leipzig, Germany
<florib(at)arcor.de>

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I just found out that this is an issue with the XFCE4
window manager (xfwm4). The problem does not occur using a
different window manager (tested using mwm, twm, olwm).

I am using xfwm4 version 4.2.3.2 for Xfce 4.2.3.2 built
with GTK+-2.8.8, linked with GTK+-2.8.8.

So, whose fault is this? :) everygui? xfwm? pygtk?

Best regards,
Florian Berger <florib(a)arcor.de>

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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It's getting stranger. The dialog behaves as expected if I
strace the command:

strace python /usr/src/everygui/designer.py

allows normal operation. No clue what is going on. %-)

Best regards,
Florian Berger <florib(a)arcor.de>