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Re: [ jEdit-users ] Linux Window Manager Issue
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From: William T. <bi...@tr...> - 2010-02-06 04:49:21
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I just tried running straight from my Xmanager instead of from an established terminal session. Now I can edit. The wierd window manager behavior is still there (windows being "stolen" from other X applications) but jedit is now useable in Linux. Thanks to Alan and Eric for their help. Best regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Tribley" <bi...@tr...> To: jed...@li... Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:39:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Linux Window Manager Issue Alas, I cannot edit. Lines select, no caret and unable to type. But the windows appear normally. Must be something weird with my X. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Tribley" <bi...@tr...> To: jed...@li... Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:22:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Linux Window Manager Issue Alan, Fortunately the global options menu is visible, so I was able to change it. Good news: jedit now works. However, it has an interesting side effect: if other X applications (nedit or xclock or both) are running, when jedit starts it "steals" the window manager from the other applications! jedit works normally, but the other windows cannot be moved or resized or cycled through. After quitting jedit the other X applications get their window back. Fortunately I normally only run an editor as an X application, so this is not really a big deal. I am still on RedHat 9, so it is possible that strangeness in that version of XFree86 is the root cause. I am planning to upgrade to CentOS 5 very soon. Anyway, thanks to your suggestion I am up and running on Linux. Best regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Ezust" <ala...@gm...> To: "William Tribley" <bi...@tr...> Cc: jed...@li... Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 3:18:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Linux Window Manager Issue Go to global options - appearance - "draw window borders using swing look and feel", and whatever it is, try changing the checkbox state and see if that helps. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM, William Tribley < bi...@tr... > wrote: Eric, Thank you for the suggestion. No change. I am not running Beryl, no /etc/environment. I added the environment variable: bill@mail dir[/home/httpd/fbc-scripts] $ export AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit bill@mail dir[/home/httpd/fbc-scripts] $ jedit bill@mail dir[/home/httpd/fbc-scripts] $ echo $AWT_TOOLKIT MToolkit bill@mail dir[/home/httpd/fbc-scripts] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Berry" < el...@gm... > To: jed...@li... Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 2:23:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] Linux Window Manager Issue I remember somewhat similar issues with Compiz. I've never run jEdit the way you describe, but perhaps this will help: http://community.jedit.org/?q=node/view/4069 On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:31 AM, William Tribley < bi...@tr... > wrote: I have just installed jedit on Windoze, no problem, it works well. I then executed the installer jar on my Linux server as root because I got tired of changing permissions on edited executable files all the time. I answered the installer questions, there were no installation errors. Problem: jedit starts on Linux with no window manager! This gives the really strange effect of running windowed programs that cannot be moved or resized. I have to kill the processes to make them go away, the session is unuseable because the help "window" covers over the main window, neither can be moved. No title bar, window pane or resize controls are there. I do not log into my server using an X session, but over a ssh session with X tunneled. I have an Xmanager running on my Windoze machine. I can start xclock, nedit just fine from this terminal without invoking any windows manager, they appear in a Windows-style windows manager (i.e. title bar and standard buttons look like other windows programs). I must be missing something very basic here. Any help appreciated. Best regards, Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com -- ----------------------------------------------- jEdit Users' List jEd...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jedit-users -- Learn from the past. Live in the present. 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