[texworks] Bug when marking text

[Arno Trautmann]

Vladimir Lomov wrote:
> Hello,
> ** Arno Trautmann [2011-10-18 16:37:35 +0200]:
>
>> Vladimir Lomov wrote:
>>> I still think that this is problem with color scheme. Some time ago I
>>> faced in some sense with a similar problem, I didn't like some colors
>>> and tried to change them, without success as you can see.
>
>> Well, the color “changes” to the correct one after pressing a key
>> that does not change the marking, so I get correct marking. Maybe as
>> additional information: It works correctly when using the up/down
>> arrows for marking, as well as letter-wise marking. But then only
>> after the second letter. When marking only one letter, it first
>> becomes invisible, then, after one blinking of the cursor, it
>> becomes mostly visible, and after marking another letter, everything
>> is correct.
> And, imho, this is crucial information. Sounds like bug/feature of Qt.
>
> Honestly, I don't know how to debug GUI program in such cases.
>
> P.S. I'm also on Arch Linux x86_64 with Qt 4.7.4 (qt-4.7.4-3) and
> texworks-svn (939) (pacman -Qs texworks).

hmm … interesting that it works for you, then.
Ok, I didn't have QT 4.7.4, at least according to pacman. I've installed 
it now, rebuilt TW, but still have the same behaviour …

cheers
Arno