GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 312694
Character popup is inaccessible using twm
Last modified: 2007-12-09 14:29:54 UTC
When using twm as window manager, right-clicking on a character pops up a window to show the enlarged glyph that is the only place that the font being used is listed. twm then shows a frame and the user is supposed to place the window, placing the window by clicking then triggers mouse-up event that closes the popup shortly after actually showing it. The problem may be fixed by using correct wm hints, or may not. It would be better if user right-clicks and the enlarging feature triggers and enlarges as you move over the characters, and right-clicks again to turn it off. That's the Windows behavior IIRC. BTW, the font being used should be listed in the Character Detail tab. Better yet, all fonts that contain the glyph should be listed, in the order preferred by fontconfig.
Filed the font selection issue to Bug 323914.
It's caused by the popup being the wrong window type. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 396243 ***