EiffelBuild display problems (ISE Eiffel 3 only)

(This is an obsolete page, applicable only to ISE Eiffel version 3. Please update to version 4 or later, under which none of the problems mentioned here occurs.)

Problem

EiffelBuild might not show some icons (such as `open' and `save') or some holes (such as `behavior', `state',...)

Fix

The problem is caused by the absence of an Xresource file for ebuild. You need to copy the file `XeiffelBuild' from $EIFFEL3/build/app-defaults into your home directory. This will provide Xdefaults information so that build can place widgets on its tools properly. If you wish to customise the environment (colors, fonts etc) then this can be done by editing the file. You don't actually need to modify the file, except if you are on one of

hp9000

linux

sco

solaris