Re: XForms: fl_get_menu() sometimes returns 0 (undocumented)

Dr. T.C. Zhao (zhao@bragg.phys.uwm.edu)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 22:53:23 -0500

To subscribers of the xforms list from "Dr. T.C. Zhao" <zhao@bragg.phys.uwm.edu> :

from Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com> :

>it appears that when a menu is opened,
>Xforms fails to check for input on fd and does not call
>my_callback_routine() until the menu is closed.

Sounds like an xforms' bug to me. If reproduced,
it will get fixed in the next release, which should
be available soon.

>If a menu if left hanging (by just clicking
>after 20 seconds the hanging menu closes automatically
>and the application callback is called for the
>menu object.
>In this situation, fl_get_menu() returns 0.
I think returning -1 would be better. I will
change it.

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