bug#6608: Menu bar not working

[Angelo Graziosi <angelo.graziosi@alice.it>]

For completeness, same problem on Cygwin:

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GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
  of 2010-07-12

$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.5(0.225/5/3) 2010-04-12 19:07 i686 Cygwin

$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: i686-pc-cygwin
Configured with: 
/gnu/gcc/releases/packaging/4.3.4-3/gcc4-4.3.4-3/src/gcc-4.3.4/configure 
--srcdir=/gnu/gcc/releases/packaging/4.3.4-3/gcc4-4.3.4-3/src/gcc-4.3.4 
--prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin 
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --datadir=/usr/share --localstatedir=/var 
--sysconfdir=/etc --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man 
--datadir=/usr/share --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man 
-v --with-gmp=/usr --with-mpfr=/usr --enable-bootstrap 
--enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-slibdir=/usr/bin 
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-static --enable-shared 
--enable-shared-libgcc --disable-__cxa_atexit --with-gnu-ld 
--with-gnu-as --with-dwarf2 --disable-sjlj-exceptions 
--enable-languages=ada,c,c++,fortran,java,objc,obj-c++ --disable-symvers 
--enable-libjava --program-suffix=-4 --enable-libgomp --enable-libssp 
--enable-libada --enable-threads=posix --with-arch=i686 
--with-tune=generic --enable-libgcj-sublibs CC=gcc-4 CXX=g++-4 
CC_FOR_TARGET=gcc-4 CXX_FOR_TARGET=g++-4 GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET=gnatmake 
GNATBIND_FOR_TARGET=gnatbind AS=/opt/gcc-tools/bin/as.exe 
AS_FOR_TARGET=/opt/gcc-tools/bin/as.exe LD=/opt/gcc-tools/bin/ld.exe 
LD_FOR_TARGET=/opt/gcc-tools/bin/ld.exe 
--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/ecj.jar
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.3.4 20090804 (release) 1 (GCC)

What compiler should emacs be built with?               gcc -g -O2 
-Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign

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Ciao,
Angelo.


Il 12/07/2010 1.13, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto:
> Il 11/07/2010 20.40, Jan Djärv ha scritto:
>> I can for the life of me not reproduce this, neither on trunk, 100771 or
>
> Strange... Have you done a clean checkout and a clean bootstrap?
>
> For me it happens also with rev.100787 on
>
> GNU/Linux Kubuntu 8.04:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of
> 2010-07-12 on ubuntu
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-28-generic #1 SMP Fri Jun 18 12:02:15 UTC 2010 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> $ gcc -v
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i486-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr
> --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2 --program-suffix=-4.2
> --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc
> --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release
> --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu4)
>
> What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g -O2
> -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> GNU/Linux Kubuntu 10.04
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
> of 2010-07-11
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC
> 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> $ gcc -v
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu
> 4.4.3-4ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr
> --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id
> --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext
> --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.4
> --program-suffix=-4.4 --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu
> --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc
> --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic
> --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
> --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5)
>
>
> What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g -O2
> -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> $ emacs -Q &
>
> Now, to open an item (File, Edit, Options etc.) on menu bar, one MUST
> click on it (with mouse-1) and HOLD mouse-1 pressed, otherwise the menu
> does not remains opened, but it is closed in a fraction of a second.
>
> Perhaps, one of these changes is the cause:
>
> ----------------------------
> 2010-07-09 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
>
> * xmenu.c (set_frame_menubar): Must realize menubar_widget to get the
> correct size for Motif.
> (free_frame_menubar): Call x_set_window_size to update frame size.
>
> * xfns.c (x_window): Set borderWidth to 0 for pane and
> EmacsFrame. Frame size calculation is wrong otherwise.
> ----------------------------
> 2010-07-08 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
>
> * xmenu.c (set_frame_menubar, create_and_show_popup_menu)
> (create_and_show_dialog): Don't call apply_systemfont_to_(menu|dialog)
> unless USE_LUCID.
> ----------------------------
> [...]
> ----------------------------
>
> Ciao,
> Angelo.
>
>> 100776. Please give some more info, like compiler version, architecture
>> (32 or 64-bit?), Gtk+ version? Optimise flags to the compiler? I assume
>> you can repeat this with emacs -Q? I don't have Kubuntu 10.04, but
>> regular Ubuntu 10.04.
>>
>> Now, the Motif menus have problems though, different for Lesstif and
>> Openmotif. Openmotif ones behave like you describe, Lesstif doesn't but
>> they don't close right. I don't know if this is related.
>>
>> Jan D.
>>
>>
>> Angelo Graziosi skrev 2010-07-11 11.42:
>>> Il 11/07/2010 11.26, Eli Zaretskii ha scritto:
>>>>> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:56:16 +0200
>>>>> From: Angelo Graziosi<angelo.graziosi@alice.it>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>>
>>>>> Il 11/07/2010 10.53, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto:
>>>>>> With Emacs 24 trunk rev. 100771, GTK build, on GNU/Linux Kubuntu
>>>>>> 10.04,
>>>>>> when I click (mouse-1) on an item of menu bar, 'Options' for
>>>>>> example, it
>>>>>> opens only for a fraction of a second then is immediately closed. In
>>>>>> this way it is difficult to work wit menu bar items: one should hold
>>>>>> mouse-1 pressed and move the mouse, and this is very uncomfortable.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would ask if this is related to BUG #6603...
>>>>
>>>> I can't imagine how it could be. 6603 is about "C-h f", not about
>>>> popping the menus. And it is specific to the native w32 build.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, 6603 is solved in the repository, so trying the latest
>>>> trunk should tell.
>>>
>>> Same problem with rev. 100776. I thought *that* because clicking on an
>>> item of
>>> menu bar ('Options', for example), *pop-ups* the menu only for a
>>> fraction of a
>>> second, and because it is very recent. It does not happen with the
>>> build I did
>>> 20100708: there, clicking, opens (pop-ups) 'Options', for example,
>>> and it
>>> remains opened up to one chooses something ('Case-insensitive search',
>>> for
>>> example), or clicks in some other place.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>> Angelo.
>>>
>>>
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