Comment 9 for bug 309163
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| Daniel Richard G. (skunk) wrote Re: Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error | #9 |
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Paul,
I can't reproduce the problem with this new build, but... it's linked against Lesstif, instead of the OpenMotif library. That changes things completely---and the upstream doesn't seem too fond of the idea, as the program prints
nedit: WARNING: This version of NEdit is built incorrectly, and will be unstable.
nedit: Please get a stable version of NEdit from http://
on the terminal every time it starts up.
As I recall, the NEdit folks don't like to use Lesstif because the program makes heavy use of the Motif API, and Lesstif's subtle differences with "official" Motif are a source of headaches that they'd rather not deal with. I'd like to think that Lesstif has evolved to the point where even these kinds of uber-Motif apps can use it without a problem, but that's a determination that can only be made with a lot of careful review and validation. I'm hoping that this change isn't being made willy-nilly---as much as I'd love for NEdit to use all free-software libraries, there are long-standing technical reasons why this is not (yet) the case.