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@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ way is to use the libglade library which directly loads
the XML user interface description files that Glade
generates into a running program.</para>
-Experienced GTK+ programmers generally strongly recommend
+<para>Experienced GTK+ programmers generally strongly recommend
using libglade; you don't have to worry about the interaction
between Glade generating the source and you editing it,
and its been shown to be a method that works better
@@ -1061,6 +1061,17 @@ port is also great for debugging X programs. Old vt100/vt220
terminals are dirt cheap but a bit hard to get (here in The
Netherlands, YMMV).</quote></para>
+<para>
+Another option is to run your application on Xnest. Xnest is an X server
+which displays its root window in a regular window of another X server.
+A pointer grab on the Xnest display will not affect the GUI of your debugger
+running on your regular X server.
+<programlisting>
+Xnest :1
+twm -display :1
+myapp --display=:1
+</programlisting>
+</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>