[Bug 309163] Re: Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error

[Daniel Richard G.]

Paul,

I can't reproduce the problem with this new build, but... it's linked
against Lesstif, instead of the OpenMotif library. That changes things
completely---and the upstream doesn't seem too fond of the idea, as the
program prints

    nedit: WARNING: This version of NEdit is built incorrectly, and will be unstable.
    nedit: Please get a stable version of NEdit from http://www.nedit.org.

on the terminal every time it starts up.

As I recall, the NEdit folks don't like to use Lesstif because the
program makes heavy use of the Motif API, and Lesstif's subtle
differences with "official" Motif are a source of headaches that they'd
rather not deal with. I'd like to think that Lesstif has evolved to the
point where even these kinds of uber-Motif apps can use it without a
problem, but that's a determination that can only be made with a lot of
careful review and validation. I'm hoping that this change isn't being
made willy-nilly---as much as I'd love for NEdit to use all free-
software libraries, there are long-standing technical reasons why this
is not (yet) the case.

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Open File dialog fails with inexplicable "Please select a file to open" error
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