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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 16:44:18 +1000
From:      David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netscape annoying dialog boxes
Message-ID:  <19970912164418.24896@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199709101516.JAA29308@rocky.mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 09:16:37AM -0600
References:  <199709092221.QAA26290@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199709092247.PAA01710@usr02.primenet.com> <19970910145647.33919@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <199709101516.JAA29308@rocky.mt.sri.com>

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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 09:16:37AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
>> >> > > Warning: Action not found : insert-selection, kill-selection
>> >
>> It is complaining about unknown actions, which to me means a problem
>> with the RHS of a translation, not a problem with unknown keysyms on
>> the LHS.
>
>OK so far.
>
>> the native FreeBSD 4.02b7 version), and my guess is that there is an
>> old Netscape app-defaults installed which refers to actions which don't
>> exist (any more) (or something similar in a .Xdefaults file).
>
>I found some stuff in my .Xdefaults file that I just removed.  It came
>from my days at school, and I never thought to look there.
>
>> I've tested this theory by making the following change to Netscape.ad,
>> and installing it in my app-defaults directory.  I then get the following
>> warning message 4 times:
>
>Netscape.ad already has kill-selection and insert-selection, so you
>probably didn't need to make any changes.  In any case, I've removed the
>lines from my .Xdefaults file, and if I quit getting these errors I'll
>be forever in your debt. :) :) ;)

The Netscape.ad I have (the one that comes with 4.02b7) doesn't have any
references to kill-selection or insert-selection, so perhaps that's your
problem (an old Netscape.ad)?  The first line of the file I has is:

! Netscape.ad --- app-defaults file for Netscape 4.02b7.

David



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