xfig @3.2.5b_8: textfields do not accept text

[MacPorts@…]

Everything seems to work fine in xfig (all drawing features and GUI elements) EXCEPT for textfields. I know to have my mouse cursor in the textfield and type. Clicking first doesn't help. I discovered this first trying to type a filename for SaveAs, and later when trying to Edit a Text element to change its text. Note that it DOES work to type text on the drawing using the Text mode tool. It fails in the Edit inspector which uses a textfield to change the text. It's as if the textfield GUI element is in readonly mode everywhere it is used.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Sorry, the xfig port has no maintainer; you may need to find the solution yourself.

[amanvm]

There is a hack that I found by fiddling with my mouse. I use a three-button mouse from logitech, and pressing the center scroll button does "paste" operation. Surprisingly paste operation (if done from mouse) works! So, here is what you do: a) Write down the text you want in some editor, b) Copy it. c) Go back to desired texbox in xfig, press on it. d) Use a 3-button mouse to do a paste operation. Paste from keyboard doesn't work. Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Aman

[maehne (Torsten Maehne)]

Cc Me!

[lucchesi@…]

Replying to reportaman@…:

There is a hack that I found by fiddling with my mouse. I use a three-button mouse from logitech, and pressing the center scroll button does "paste" operation. Surprisingly paste operation (if done from mouse) works! So, here is what you do: a) Write down the text you want in some editor, b) Copy it. c) Go back to desired texbox in xfig, press on it. d) Use a 3-button mouse to do a paste operation. Paste from keyboard doesn't work. Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Aman

Even with a 2-button mouse the trick works, provided one has the "emulate three-button" set in the X11 configuration: just hold the option key and click to paste

[MacPorts@…]

Thanks for the info. Option-click works on my MacBook track-pad as well (with XQuartz).

I've been getting by with editing the .fig file in Emacs, and starting new files first in Emacs and then opening them in xfig, but now I can paste in a filename for Save As.

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[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

Cc Me!

[kurthindenburg (Kurt Hindenburg)]

I just updated to latest version - please try again - it appears to work here