diff -crN oommf11b2/ext/ow/procs.tcl oommf/ext/ow/procs.tcl
*** oommf11b2/ext/ow/procs.tcl	Tue Nov 25 21:39:20 2003
--- oommf/ext/ow/procs.tcl	Mon Sep 27 18:55:10 2004
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  # Routines to push/pop watch cursor onto all currently
  # existing toplevel windows.
  #
+ frame .owhiddencursorframe -cursor watch ;# Leave this unmapped;
+ ## the purpose is just to hold a reference to the watch cursor
+ ## as a workaround to an apparent X memory leak.
  set _watch_cursor_count 0
  set _watch_cursor_safetyid {}
  proc Ow_PushWatchCursor {} {