Emacs 30 w/xaw

jmcunx

Emacs30 linked to gtk3 can still hang X11 on my system when using drop-down menus in Emacs GUI. Toolkit gtk2 worked great, but that option was removed. So I would like to try Emacs30 linked to xaw.

I use to modify options.mk to get it to compile with gtk2, but I noticed this comment in that file:

--with-x-toolkit=KIT use an X toolkit (KIT one of: gtk3, xaw, no)

How would I specify '--with-x-toolkit=xaw' ? I tried this but it aborts:

make --with-x-toolkit=xaw

Thanks

PS, right now I am using package emacs28-28.2nb38 since that seems to work fine with gtk3

rvp

jmcunx Emacs30 linked to gtk3 can still hang X11 on my system when using drop-down menus in Emacs GUI.

Hmm. There's a 4 or 5 sec. lag before the menus drop down, but, there's no hang anywhere. Tried both the binary package and the latest self-compiled source on 11.0_RC2 and -HEAD. (I thought it was just emacs--Eight Megabytes and Constantly Swapping.)

jmcunx How would I specify '--with-x-toolkit=xaw' ? I tried this but it aborts:

That has to be passed to configure. If I'm reading the Guide right (sec. 6.7), add to /etc/mk.conf:

PKG_OPTIONS.emacs= xaw

jmcunx

rvp Thanks

What window manager are you using ? I have seen this happen with ctwm, cwm and fluxbox. But Emacs 30 is much better than the version I used on NetBSD 10.0. That may have been an earlier patch of 30. Most of the time I get the delay. Under v28, no delay.

If you try accessing the menus with the mouse multiple times in a row without delaying or selecting a pick, you may see the freeze.

rvp

jmcunx What window manager are you using ?

The standard one - ctwm.

jmcunx If you try accessing the menus with the mouse multiple times in a row without delaying or selecting a pic, you may see the freeze.

Yah, I noticed that wonkiness (incorrect pointer shapes, for instance), but, no hangs....

jmcunx

rvp

What you suggested, editing /etc/mk.conf to compile Emacs30 with xaw worked great.

FWIW, the Emacs30 w/xaw does not have the Menu issue plus I think the fonts look better than it did when using gtlk3. I wanted v30 because I heard it corrects some issues and 'ew' has been enhanced.

I went looking to see why gtk2 was removed, seems when using gtk2 with Emacs can have a rare security issue.