Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 109954
file selection in file open dialog does not work
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:33 EST
Description of problem: File Open file selection does not work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nedit-5.3-5 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start nedit 2. Select File->Open 3. Try and select a file. Actual results: Cannot select a file. Expected results: Filename should become highlighted and filename appear in filename box. Additional info: Nedit is linked against the openmotif-2.2.2 which has severe bugs and is not recommended for use by the Open Motif group. See: http://www.motifdeveloper.com/tips/tip22.html Maybe it should be built against the openmotif-2.1 series. Unfortunately the openmotif21-devel package is not included in Fedora for me to try.
openmotif has bugs -> changing component.
I can not reproduce this. I need more information: - Which openmotif version are you using (version-release number)? - When does this happen?
I have since found out this is a well known problem with KDE/nedit interactions. I guess you won't see this in Gnome. KDE tries to enforce it's colour schemes on a few well known applications (nedit, xv, xpdf, etc.) see directory: /usr/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults Somehow the listselectors end up with the same colour for highlighted text and non-highlighted text. If you remove the Nedit.ad file in this directory the problem is fixed at the expense of non-KDE colours within nedit. An attempt has been made to fix this problem in nedit-5.4, from Changelog: 2003-05-18 20:05 edg * source/: nedit.c (1.47), nedit.h (1.38): Workaround for KDE's FONTLIST bug (and for the various BACKGROUND and FOREGROUND resource values).
This is misconfiguration in /usr/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults/Nedit.ad. -> Assigning to kdebase.
it's fixed now in kdebase-3.2.2-2. thanks for your report