Text fields in X/Motif applications non-editable

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

You need to set XKeysymDB.  It is discussed in FAQ.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lyman Neuschaefer [ mailto:lyman@bcsisims.com ]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 4:57 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Text fields in X/Motif applications non-editable
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> The cygwin X-Server XWin.exe starts up fine on my Win NT 4.0 SP5
> workstation.
> However, when launching any executable from an xterm warning 
> messages scroll
> down the xterm like the following snippet:
> 
>   Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym 
> name: osfActivate
>   Warning: ... found while parsing ':<Key>osfActivate:
> ManagerParentActivate()'
>   Warning: StringtoTranslationTable conversion encountered errors
>   .
>   .
>   .
> 
> The application pops up, but I am unable to type any characters into
> textfields
> known to be editable on the SGI platform.  I suspect the 
> problems is related
> to
> the parsing of files in /usr/X11R6/X11/bindings/, presumably 
> the file 'pc'
> within
> that directory.  Does anyone have any insight into this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Lyman Neuschaefer
>