Re: [vile] Error from xvile after building latest motif version

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On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 09:54:41AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> >I'm building xvile with motif widgets on a Slackware 11 Linux box.
> >
> >It's a virtually unmodified Slackware 11.  I am building version 9.5k
> >of xvile (i.e. the 9.5 version with all patches applied), the
> >configure line is just:-
> >
> >   ./configure --with-screen=Motif --with-x
> >
> >Everything goes OK, it builds and installs, but when I try to run it I
> >get:-
> >
> >   Error: XtCreateWidget "menuEntry" requires non-NULL parent
> 
> It's supposed to work (I see in the changelog that I made a fix in 9.5i 
> for Motif).
> 
> Is this OpenMotif or LessTif?
> 
How do I tell?  On looking I suspect it's LessTif as I have a lesstif
manual page but nothing at all relating to OpenMotif.

> I usually just build the terminfo- and Xaw-flavors for general use, and 
> make test-builds for everything when there's some configuration change (or 
> nearing a release).
> 
I just tried a build with:-
    ./configure --with-screen=Xaw

and the result is just the same 
    Error: XtCreateWidget "menuEntry" requires non-NULL parent


I could try the same build on my old Slackware system (where I have
9.3 at the moment) and see if the same happens.

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Chris Green (address@hidden)