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Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) (kix-i) wrote : Re: [Bug 1072832] Re: Basic window manager functions lost from WindowMaker in Quantal Quetzal 12.10

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Harry escribió:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply - if I understand correctly, there was a comma
> after the last entry in the icon and pixmap path lists where there
> shouldn't have been. I took a look at my system's
> /etc/GNUStep/Defaults/WindowMaker file and mine didn't have the comma,
> unfortunately.
>
> On a hunch, I tried moving the config lines relating to mouse buttons to
> the top, and the path lines to the bottom but that didn't help, either.
>
> I've attached my system config file in case anything jumps out as
> problematic (I've never modified this file until today - I've had this
> system running since about Lucid/10.04 and have done dist upgrades each
> time).
>
> ** Attachment added: "system windowmaker config file"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wmaker/+bug/1072832/+attachment/3417978/+files/WindowMaker

Hi Harry,

your file seems to be fine (I didn't test it here). How is the user's file (~GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker)?

Cheers,
kix

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> Title:
> Basic window manager functions lost from WindowMaker in Quantal
> Quetzal 12.10
>
> Status in “wmaker” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I've discovered the following extremely significant problems with
> WindowMaker behavior after upgrade to Quantal Quetzal 12.10:
>
> * Loss of right click access to the WindowMaker system/applications
> menu. Without this, I cannot launch apps, perform basic window manager
> tasks such as changing the background or manage workspaces, or even
> log out.
>
> * Loss of middle click access to WindowMaker window menu. Without
> this, I cannot switch to different windows via a menu list or review
> my open windows
>
> * Loss of WindowMaker key bindings. Although the settings seem to be
> in place, key bindings I have assigned for the following functions do
> not work:
>
>   * Switch to next workspace
>   * Switch to previous workspace
>
> There may be others
>
> I suspect that these are not bugs introduced by WindowMaker code,
> which has been stable if stagnant but something else in 12.10 broke
> these functions.
>
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