[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/PROBLEMS

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/etc/PROBLEMS
diff -c emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.134 emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.135
*** emacs/etc/PROBLEMS:1.134    Fri Aug 16 20:08:54 2002
--- emacs/etc/PROBLEMS  Tue Sep 10 12:39:35 2002
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  in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
  
  
+ * Problems with file dialogs in Emacs built with Open Motif.
+ 
+ When Emacs 21 is built with Open Motif 2.1, it can happen that the
+ graphical file dialog boxes do not work properly.  The "OK", "Filter"
+ and "Cancel" buttons do not respond to mouse clicks.  Dragging the
+ file dialog window usually causes the buttons to work again.
+ 
+ The solution is to use LessTi instead.  LessTif is a free replacement
+ for Motif.  See the file INSTALL for information on how to do this.
+ 
+ Another workaround is not to use the mouse to trigger file prompts,
+ but to use the keyboard.  This way, you will be prompted for a file in
+ the minibuffer instead of a graphical file dialog.
+ 
  * Emacs reports a BadAtom error (from X) running on Solaris 7 or 8.
  
  This happens when Emacs was built on some other version of Solaris.