[geomview-users] New Motif-2.5.2 Causing Geomview Problems

[Larry P. <lp...@co...>]

A new Mofif version 2.5.2 was released April 17, 2026:

https://github.com/thentenaar/motif

This new version seems to cause some problems with Geomview built
with it.

In particular there is file name mangling.  If I attempt to open
a file from the Geomview dialog, the file name that is entered is
mangled causing the file load to fail.

A workaround would be to enter the file name as an option on the
Geomview command line:

geomview file.off &

There may be other issues but I have only noticed the file name
mangling problem.

This problem does not occur with the previous Motif version 2.3.8.

The new Motif 2.5.2 introduces changes that are causing problems for
other software as well.