Re: [RP] RP freezes and crashes after `C-t : defwinname RET'

[Shawn Betts]

"Joshua Neuheisel" <address@hidden> writes:

> From: "Alexander Voeltz"
> > When I start ratpoison without a `~/.ratpoisonrc' file present,
> > then (before doing anything else) type `C-t : defwinname RET',
> > ratpoison freezes for 5-10 seconds (i.e., nothing happens, no keys are
> > recognized), and crashes after that, throwing me back to my XDM prompt.
> >
> > When I do the same command in the middle of an RP session, with one
> > xterm open, I get something like this:
> >
> >   [wierd characters] : title
> >
> > or
> >
> >   [blank space] : title
> >
> > or another crash, at random (it seems).
> 
> I only had about 5 minutes to look if there was something obviously wrong,
> and there is.  I don't know if it's the only problem, but it certainly
> should be fixed:
> 
> On line 4277 of actions.c (in CVS), the variable "var" is free-ed.  6 lines
> later, it's used in a printf.  Oops!  This would certainly explain the [???
> : title] problem.  I'll have more time to look at it tomorrow.

Okay I've fixed this problem is CVS. Alexander, do you want to check
if it's fixed your problem (There's a delay before you can get it from
anonymous CVS)?

-Shawn