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+To: vim-dev@vim.org
+Subject: Patch 7.2.257
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.2.257
+Problem:    With GTK 2.17 lots of assertion error messages.
+Solution:   Remove check for static gravity. (Sebastian Droege)
+Files:	    src/gui_gtk_f.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.2.256/src/gui_gtk_f.c	2009-05-17 23:25:16.000000000 +0200
+--- src/gui_gtk_f.c	2009-09-11 15:15:41.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 860,870 ****
+  gtk_form_set_static_gravity(GdkWindow *window, gboolean use_static)
+  {
+  #ifdef HAVE_GTK2
+!     gboolean static_gravity_supported;
+! 
+!     static_gravity_supported = gdk_window_set_static_gravities(window,
+! 							       use_static);
+!     g_return_if_fail(static_gravity_supported);
+  #else
+      XSetWindowAttributes xattributes;
+  
+--- 860,868 ----
+  gtk_form_set_static_gravity(GdkWindow *window, gboolean use_static)
+  {
+  #ifdef HAVE_GTK2
+!     /* We don't check if static gravity is actually supported, because it
+!      * results in an annoying assertion error message. */
+!     gdk_window_set_static_gravities(window, use_static);
+  #else
+      XSetWindowAttributes xattributes;
+  
+*** ../vim-7.2.256/src/version.c	2009-09-11 15:46:20.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2009-09-11 16:16:52.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 678,679 ****
+--- 678,681 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     257,
+  /**/
+
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