[tex-k] xdvi starts up without showing option menu in right side of window

[jfbu]

Le 12 nov. 2019 à 11:52, jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> a écrit :

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> Le 12 nov. 2019 à 11:50, jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> a écrit :
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>> Hi,
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>> I had not used xdvi for some time.
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>> xdvi test.dvi &
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>> opens up a Window without visible menus in right side
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>> but I accidentally discovered that hitting the x key makes them visible
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>> (as well as the scrollbars)
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>> I removed my .xdvirc for testing
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>> $ which -a xdvi
>> /Library/TeX/texbin/xdvi
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>> $ xdvi --version
>> xdvik version 22.87.03 (Xaw toolkit)
>> Libraries: kpathsea version 6.3.1, freetype version 2.9.1
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>> I am using TeXLive darwing-legacy on mac osx 10.9.5
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>> any info I can provide?
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>> Best,
>> Jean-François
>> Please keep CC to my address as I don't subscribe to the list
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> Hmm,
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> Immediately after posting it now seems to work.
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> Perhaps my .xdvirc was corrupted or incompatible
> and it was not yet written back to disk in my first trials
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sorry for noise, the problem was with old .xdvirc file.

I had not modified it, but apparently some update to xdvi
was not backwards compatible with old .xdvirc file

if people are interested I can post the bad file

Best,

Jean-François