# HG changeset patch
# User stephent
# Date 1173806840 0
# Node ID d37bff6f2096e2323628c57a4ddb180f5b280a1a
# Parent  cfc59907fb1e8fcf7f96db2d2a0f7b21794b947a
[xemacs-hg @ 2007-03-13 17:27:20 by stephent]
Document X server crash. <87ejntaw0n.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>

diff -r cfc59907fb1e -r d37bff6f2096 ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog	Tue Mar 13 16:48:38 2007 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Tue Mar 13 17:27:20 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-14  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
+
+	* PROBLEMS: describe crash when inserting or displaying a TAB.
+	Thanks to Aidan Kehoe for the diagnosis.
+
 2006-12-24  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
 
 	* configure.ac (ar): Sun has it but hides it; check for it.
diff -r cfc59907fb1e -r d37bff6f2096 PROBLEMS
--- a/PROBLEMS	Tue Mar 13 16:48:38 2007 +0000
+++ b/PROBLEMS	Tue Mar 13 17:27:20 2007 +0000
@@ -167,15 +167,25 @@
 libz.a in the X11 binary directory.
 
 
-** Motif
+** X11 and Motif
 
 Motif is the X11 version of the Gnus torture test: if there's a way to
 crash, Motif will find it.  With the open source release of Motif, it
 seems like a good idea to collect all Motif-related issues in one
-place.
-
-You should also look in your OS's section, as it may not be Motif's
-fault.
+place.  X11 itself is not all that safe, either.
+
+You should also look in your OS's section, as it may not be the window
+system (toolkit's) fault.
+
+*** XEmacs and the X server crash when inserting or displaying a TAB character.
+
+If you are using the XFree86 distribution, you need an X server with
+this patch applied:
+
+https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=2016
+
+Versions of XFree86 previous to that crashed when an app tried to draw a
+literal tab character using many fonts. 
 
 *** XEmacs crashes on exit (#1).