Re: [XMakemol-bugs] xmakemol-gl: export to xpm broken

[Wolfram Quester]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:13:59PM +0000, Matt Hodges wrote:
> >>>>> Wolfram Quester writes:
> 
>  > this is a bug that bothers me for quite some time now, but I was to
>  > busy to report it. The problem occurs only with the xmakmol-gl
>  > package, not without gl. If I want to export an image to xpm and
>  > leave the export-dialog in front of the window I get the attached
>  > result. It is gzipped since the first version bounced because it
>  > was to large. One can see the molecule and the "shadow" of the
>  > export window. At first sight I thought that in the "shadow" one
>  > sees the content of the window behind xmakemol, but that's only
>  > partially true. I the image I send, one sees only the titles of the
>  > tabs in my gnome-terminal behind. It also occured that when I
>  > switched between the tabs or from another workspace I got the
>  > contant of this former tab/workspace, not the content of the
>  > current one. I got this with version 5.14 from debian unstable as
>  > well as with 5.15 (this one I started remotely on a machine runnung
>  > AIX 5.1 and on my machine here). I use debian unstable on ppc
>  > architecture.
> 
> This isn't really a bug, I think.  The comment in xmakemol.c explains
> it:
> 
>     For some X11 displays, we can't draw on the canvas_pm due to
>     crashes. Draw on the canvas window instead and use a backing store
>     if available. See also gl_funcs.c
> 
> (That there used to be some crashes may have been the result of some
> bug in XMakemol, but that is a different story.  Also, I don't want to
> change this code if I can help it, since something might easily get
> broken on systems where I cannot test it.)
> 
> Anyway, this gives the clue to work around the problem.  If you have a
> backing store enabled, you shouldn't see the problem that you describe
> above.  From my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
> 
>     Section "Device"
>             Identifier          "Trident Cyberblade"
>             Driver              "trident"
>             Option              "BackingStore"
>     EndSection
> 
> and from /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
> 
>     (**) TRIDENT(0): Option "BackingStore"
>     (**) TRIDENT(0): Backing store enabled
> 
> (There may be solutions appropriate for X servers other than those
> provided by XFree86.)
> 
> Does the above work for you on your Debian box?
Yes, works like a charm now. And taking the image is faster, too. But I
think this should be mentioned in the documentation. I converted your
answer into the attached patch to XmakemolDocumentation.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt

Thanks for your work and the quick answer,

Wolfi

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