Backticks in 4.1.0

[Fabio Somenzi <Fabio at Colorado dot EDU>]

I have installed the binaries for 4.1.0 on my desktop PC running

  Windows98
  cygwin 1.3.2
  no previous xfree installation

All works well except for the fact that about once a minute, a
backtick ('`') appears in the window that has the focus.

I have installed 4.0.3 on my laptop, running

  Windows98SE
  cygwin 1.3.2

and, with the same general setup, I have not seen this problem.

On the desktop, I have tried both twm and vtwm as window managers.  I
took the latter from the 4.0.3 distribution.)
I have tried vtwm with and without .vtwmrc.  The results are the same.

I start xfree with this simple script, which apart from the screen
parameters, is the same on the laptop:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh

eval `ssh-agent`
XWin -screen 0 1280x1024x32 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 -engine 4 &
vtwm &
xsetroot -solid aquamarine4
xclock -geometry 80x80+1134+0 &
xterm -n xterm-1 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry +361+0 -e bash &
xterm -n xterm-2 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry +0+396 -e bash &
xterm -n xterm-3 -j -ls -sb -sl 500 -rightbar -geometry +508+343 -e bash &
exit
----------------------------------------------------------------------

(The laptop has 1024x768x16 instead of 1280x1024x32.)

The problem exists also if I comment out the "ssh-agent" line.  It
exists also when I have all local clients.  However, the backticks do
not seem to show up when the window in which xfree runs is
"minimized."  Any suggestions on what I could try next?


Thanks


Fabio Somenzi