#1007881 nedit: Keyboard stops working if nedit has opened several files, and one is then closed

Package:
nedit
Source:
nedit
Description:
powerful, customizable, Motif based text editor
Submitter:
Van Snyder
Date:
2022-03-17 23:27:04 UTC
Severity:
important
#1007881#5
Date:
2022-03-17 23:22:12 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

Open several files with nedit, then close one

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Open separate files with separate instances of nedit.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Mostly, this keeps the keyboard working, but sometimes, even if a nedit
instance is editing only one file, the keyboard stops working.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

I expect the keyboard to continue to work.

I downloaded nedit 5.7 source and tried to compile it. If I link it
dynamically, the same problem occurs. The problem is probably in a
library that
nedit uses, or in the way that nedit is using it. I cannot link it
statically.
ld produces hundreds of "undefined reference" errors.

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