Re: [Bug-XBoard] [bug #43112] XBoard*form.translations doesn't work anymore

[Tim Mann]

Yes, .Xdefaults is rather obsolete and typically doesn't get
automatically loaded anymore. Putting the settings in a file called
~/XBoard may still work without the need to run xrdb.

Glad you figured this out.

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:33 AM, H.G. Muller <address@hidden> wrote:
> OK, I figured it out!
>
> The problem has nothing to do with the ICS box popup, but with
> switching to XBoard's generic dialog creator for popping up the
> board window, and the modification I made in that to allow
> multiple panes (for the benefit of the Engine Output window).
> This led to the widget that used to be called 'form', containing
> everything that was in the dialog window,  now being present
> in multiple instances, called paneA, paneB etc.
>
> So for any definitions in .Xdefaults to be applied to the XBoard
> main window, it has no longer to be referred to as XBoard*form,
> but as XBoard*paneA. So the correct contents of .Xdefaults
> should be:
>
> XBoard*paneA.translations: \
>   <Key>d: MenuItem(Action.Draw) \n \
>   <Key>r: MenuItem(Action.Resign) \n \
>   <Key>q: MenuItem(File.Quit) \n
>
> I tested this with binding <Key>t to View.FlipView, and this
> worked. (After I figured out one has to give the command
> "xrdb ~/.Xdefaults" to activate the definitions in it.
>
> I will change the manual accordingly.
>
>
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