Bug 98992 - Latest version of XQuartz breaks nedit
Summary: Latest version of XQuartz breaks nedit
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: XQuartz
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: 2.7.11 (xserver-1.18.4)
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Mac OS X (All)
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Assignee: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
QA Contact: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia
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Reported: 2016-12-04 23:59 UTC by peterf
Modified: 2016-12-05 05:56 UTC (History)
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Description peterf 2016-12-04 23:59:58 UTC 
I tried installing the latest XQuartz and it seemed to work fine until I tried running nedit. I got the following error:

Shell widget nedit has zero width and/or height.

I tried a bunch of stuff and eventually gave up and reverted to an older version of XQuartz (2.7.9).  I guess I won't be updating that unless this can be fixed.
Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2016-12-05 05:56:36 UTC 
This is a motif bug.  Use the workaround mentioned in our release notes.


A flat_namespace version of libXt is available in /opt/X11/lib/flat_namespace to help ease the transition (#96292)
Set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/X11/lib/flat_namespace when executing older non-compliant software (eg: Motif-based applications)
Motif users are encouraged to file bugs against Motif to encourage them to fix that library.

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