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Re: is xdvi broken?

From	rlharris@oplink.net
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: is xdvi broken?
Date	2019-04-19 23:20 +0200
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On 2019.04.17 13:20, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> I had forgotten about the concept of focus; I thank you for reminding
> me, and for pointing me to the window manager.

After replacing the keyboard, it still appears that either xdvi is 
broken, or that there is a strange interaction between xdvi and xfce, or 
that it is xfce which is broken.

Typical symptoms include:

= Upon executing "latex <filename.tex>" xdvi does not display the 
revised text until a cursor key is pressed.

= Sometimes the xdvi display shows a double image or a portion of one 
page written over an existing page.  At that point, I have found no 
method of recovery other than to restart the computer.

= If Firefox is running, a second instance of Firefox is opened in a new 
window, and the new window is moved to a different workspace in which 
Emacs and xdvi are running, Emacs and xdvi both disappear.

I now am wondering if the ultimate culprit is xorg, and that the 
ultimate answer is wayland.

I am perplexed.  Perhaps I should install Debian 8 on an older 
(non-uefi-bios) machine; I need a stable work environment.

Thread

is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-16 21:10 +0200
  Re: is xdvi broken? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-04-16 21:30 +0200
    Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-16 22:30 +0200
      Re: is xdvi broken? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2019-04-17 02:30 +0200
        Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-17 05:20 +0200
          Re: is xdvi broken? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2019-04-17 19:40 +0200
            Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-17 20:30 +0200
              Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-19 23:20 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-04-20 00:40 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-20 01:20 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-20 03:30 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-20 05:40 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-20 10:00 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2019-04-20 11:50 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-21 02:50 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-21 09:40 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-21 10:00 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 03:50 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-22 07:20 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? Bill Wood <william.wood3@comcast.net> - 2019-04-22 09:00 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? rlharris@oplink.net - 2019-04-22 10:10 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-04-22 10:40 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 21:00 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-22 05:20 +0200
                Re: is xdvi broken? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-20 15:00 +0200

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