Debian Bug report logs - #406169
Please enable the TOOLBAR

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

To: BTS <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 10:00:29 +0100

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Package: xterm
Version: 210-3
Severity: wishlist

Hello Xorg-Team and Maintainer,

While localizeing and themeing the Xresources/app-defaults, I do not
know whether the Toolbar is compiled in or not.  I know, there is an
Option to disable/enable it. but I have found nothing releated.

Please can you tell me HOW to enable the Toolbar?

OR, it this XTerm was not compiled with it, PLEASE can you enable it.

And if you are interested in localization of Xresources/app-defaults,
please look at the attached Screenshoot because this E-Mail was written
with a localized (german) "xedit" and and the "lightblue" theme.

On the right in the background you can see "editres" working.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


-- System Information
Debian Release: 4.0
Kernel Version: Linux devel.private 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005
 i686 GNU/Linux


Versions of the packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6          2.3.6-15       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7        generic font configuration library - runtime
ii  libice6        1.0.0-3        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5    5.5-2          Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libsm6         1.0.0-4        X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6       1.0.0-8        X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7        1.0.1-5        X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxext6       1.0.0-4        X11 miscellaneous extension library
ii  libxft2        2.1.8.2-8      FreeType-based font drawing library for X
ii  libxmu6        1.0.1-3        X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6         1.0.0-5        X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps       1.0.1-2        Base X bitmaps


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Message #10 received at 406169@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>

To: 406169@bugs.debian.org

Subject: re: #406169 - Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:08:48 -0500

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Probably not, since this aggravates some known problems with layout.
One might suggest adding a different executable packaged with the
toolbar.

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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Message #15 received at 406169@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>

To: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

Cc: 406169@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: #406169: Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:07:09 -0400

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 01:47:22PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> It hink for 7 month I have filled a wishlist bug to enable the
> TOOLBAR in xterm.  Please can you do this?  If you you not like
> to enable (show) it by default you can add the resource string
> to the /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm.

I already responded to this (it's not my decision, but I recommended
that a separate package be made for this configuration).

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Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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Message #22 received at 406169@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>

To: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

Cc: 406169@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: #406169: Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:53:51 -0400

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 02:46:44PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hmmm, I do not think, it is two packages worth...

As I explained, that option aggravates known problems with the layout -
though I almost always use that configuration, the problems would annoy
enough regular users that it should be a separate package.

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Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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Message #27 received at 406169@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

To: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>

Cc: 406169@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: #406169: Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:20:00 +0200

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Am 2007-07-30 08:53:51, schrieb Thomas Dickey:
> As I explained, that option aggravates known problems with the layout -
> though I almost always use that configuration, the problems would annoy
> enough regular users that it should be a separate package.

What do you mean with "problems with the Layout"?

If the toolbar is enabled, you will get automaticaly a new ITEM in the
"VT Options" menu and CResource to set the default to "true" or "false".

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant #####################
Michelle Konzack   Apt. 917                  ICQ #328449886
                   50, rue de Soultz         MSN LinuxMichi
0033/6/61925193    67100 Strasbourg/France   IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)

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Message #32 received at 406169@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net>

To: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

Cc: 406169@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: #406169: Please enable the TOOLBAR

Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:18:14 -0400

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 07:20:00PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2007-07-30 08:53:51, schrieb Thomas Dickey:
> > As I explained, that option aggravates known problems with the layout -
> > though I almost always use that configuration, the problems would annoy
> > enough regular users that it should be a separate package.
> 
> What do you mean with "problems with the Layout"?

I'll try to describe the problem.

Background -
When xterm is built to support the toolbar, that adds another level to
the widget hierarchy.  xterm's layout computation does some special
things to make the screen size in terms of whole characters.  Part of
the problem is in xterm, part in the X libraries.  Some window managers
(the ones that don't _negotiate_ layout changes, but dictate) aggravate
things.

Problem -
One of the ways to see the problem is to switch font-sizes, e.g., making
the vt100 window narrower than the toolbar.  Switching back/forth, e.g.,
with shift keypad plus/minus, for _certain_ screensizes will cause the
rows/columns of the vt100 window to change.  In some cases, it will
shrink, and cannot easily be restored.

In testing, I set xterm's border to be a different color, making it
simpler to see the problem.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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