xorg Digest, Vol 163, Issue 8

[Chris Sorenson]

> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:14:27 +0000 (UTC)
> From: akshay chavan <akshay_chavan2003 at yahoo.com>
> To: "xorg at lists.x.org" <xorg at lists.x.org>
> Subject: Problems using an X-Window application on Cygwin
> Message-ID: <844242032.1743315.1549908867439 at mail.yahoo.com>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed a X-Window text editor called NEdit 5.6 on Windows 10
> using Cygwin. I have installed all the required X packages such as
> xorg-server, xinit, etc required to run X-Window applications
> 
> I have noticed that whenever I open ANY dialog, such as "Goto line
> number", "save as" or "open", the keyboard input does NOT show in the
> dialog's textbox.
> 
> For instance, if I open the "goto line number" dialog, and type
> something, the entered number does not show up in the dialog's textbox
> . Similarly, when I open the "save as" dialog, I CANNOT type in the
> "Directory" field.
> 
> These problems are NOT observed when I press and hold the middle mouse
> click on the textbox. As long as I hold the middle mouse click, the
> textbox shows the characters typed in. When I release the mouse click,
> I can no longer enter anything in the textbox.
> 
> Is this issue related to xinit? I tried searching online for a
> solution but didn't find anything.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Akshay
> 

That's probably a Motif problem not an Nedit problem, what version of 
Motif is your Cygwin using?