Error: Nedit 5.5 closes on File Open

[Joerg Fischer]

Scotland O. Clark wrote:

> I'm running Kubuntu 7.04.  I downloaded Nedit 5.5 (executable) from the 
> website mirror and installed it into /usr/local/bin. When I run Nedit, 
> if I use any menu command or keyboard shortcut that would bring up a 
> dialog box (Open [Ctrl-O], for instance), Nedit closes and disappears.  

We really need a maintenance release soon. The three years old
executables don't seem to work for new X.org.

Cheers,
Jörg