I think you are referring to a problem I noticed last October (see
attached email). If I remember correctly, the binding for SeditBeautify
is being applied outside of the sedit window and that results in the
In message <1027546301.610.TMDA@deepeddy.vircio.com>, Chris Garrigues writes:
> Am I the only one for whom typing control-L to the main window causes this

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It appears that the binding for SeditBeautify applies to
more than just the sedit window. Since SeditBeautify assumes
we are in a sedit window the routine fails. (Try typing
ctrl-l over the main window to see what I mean).
The quick fix for this is to make the ^l more restrictive. However, I'd
suggest keeping things the way the are and extending ^l to be a
highlight toggle. If the window is currently highlighted (sedit or msg)
re-display without highlighting and vice versa.
While I can hack tcl, hacking tk is another story. Translation: I can't