In message <Pine.SOL.3.91-941213.970514110043.23999A-100000@duss0.dur.ac.uk> you wrote:

> On Wed, 14 May 1997, Thomas Boroske wrote:
> 
> > The only problem I've got is xdvi - it works if I start it with say
> > xdvi foo.dvi &
> > but if I just start it without a file, or click on the "button"
> > for the open-dialog, it'll just hang forever.
> 
>   You do press the "ok" button after clicking on the file you want to load 
> don't you?  Just tried it and it works fine for me.

The file dialogue never appears, that's just the problem. 
When you start it without a file name, it should open it's file dialogue 
box, but nothing happens.

Kind regards,


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Thomas Boroske