[Bug: 21.5-b27] Can't move cursor in edit-faces buffer

[Ron Isaacson]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> 
> Ron Isaacson writes:
> 
>  > Minor but strange... in the M-x edit-faces buffer, I can't seem to
>  > move the cursor consistently via any means other than C-s.
> 
> Reproduced.  Word motion at least works.  Once you're away from an
> extent boundary (I think that's probably the relevant condition),
> arrow keys work too.  Once you're in a field, editing works.
> 
> I suspect this is due to the attempt to port GNU Emacs's "fields" to
> XEmacs, which is causing lots of other anomolies and is planned to be
> reverted soon.  I probably won't work on this until fields have been
> reverted.
> 
> Have you tried this with a non-Xft build yet?

Yup. Same problem.

>  > I know I should be using customize-face instead,
> 
> I wouldn't bet on that working at all with Xft.  Good luck....
> 
>  > but that dumps core when xft is enabled.
> 
> Can't reproduce that.  Please make sure to include a C back trace, and
> please turn error-checking on.

Actually, it dumps core whether or not xft is enabled. I built with
all error checking and assertions, but didn't see anything. I'm having
trouble getting a backtrace out of the core file; once I get help from
one of my gdb-guru colleagues, I'll send a detailed report. Thanks!

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