diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index c95d9db1b3..2f4a7129db 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-02-16  John Levon  <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
+
+	* FormParagraph.C: fix bview->update()
+
 2001-01-24  Edwin Leuven  <leuven@fee.uva.nl>
 
 	*FormParagraph.C:
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/FormParagraph.C b/src/frontends/qt2/FormParagraph.C
index aaabe701ec..6fd2c80864 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/FormParagraph.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/FormParagraph.C
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ void FormParagraph::apply()
 		dialog_->getHfillBetween(),
 		dialog_->getStartNewMinipage());
 
-	lv_->view()->update(BufferView::SELECT | BufferView::FITCUR | BufferView::CHANGE);
+	lv_->view()->update(lv_->view()->text,
+			    BufferView::SELECT |
+			    BufferView::FITCUR |
+			    BufferView::CHANGE);
+	
 	lv_->buffer()->markDirty();
 	setMinibuffer(lv_, _("Paragraph layout set"));
 }
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
index bb8bac6e05..c68efe4e1c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-02-23  John Levon  <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
+
+	* FormBase.C: no longer transient dialogs, XMapWindow()
+	  in attempt to de-iconify
+
+	* FormDocument.C: remove DO_USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
+
 2001-02-21  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
 
 	* FormDocument.C (checkMarginValues): Activate "use geometry" button 
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.C b/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.C
index 3502e471de..37a9c5db08 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.C
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/FormBase.C
@@ -99,13 +99,21 @@ void FormBase::show()
 
 	if (form()->visible) {
 		fl_raise_form(form());
+ 		/* This XMapWindow() will hopefully ensure that
+ 		 * iconified dialogs are de-iconified. Mad props
+ 		 * out to those crazy Xlib guys for forgetting a
+ 		 * XDeiconifyWindow(). At least WindowMaker, when
+ 		 * being notified of the redirected MapRequest will
+ 		 * specifically de-iconify. From source, fvwm2 seems
+ 		 * to do the same.
+ 		 */
+ 		XMapWindow(fl_get_display(), form()->window);
 	} else {
 		// calls to fl_set_form_minsize/maxsize apply only to the next
 		// fl_show_form(), so connect() comes first.
 		connect();
 		fl_show_form(form(),
-			     FL_PLACE_MOUSE | FL_FREE_SIZE,
-			     FL_TRANSIENT,
+			     FL_PLACE_MOUSE | FL_FREE_SIZE, 0,
 			     title.c_str());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/frontends/xforms/FormDocument.C b/src/frontends/xforms/FormDocument.C
index 2953743035..c7aed5ed20 100644
--- a/src/frontends/xforms/FormDocument.C
+++ b/src/frontends/xforms/FormDocument.C
@@ -223,10 +223,7 @@ void FormDocument::build()
     combo_language->shortcut("#L",1);
     combo_language->setcallback(ComboInputCB, this);
     fl_end_form();
-    // "default" is not part of the languages array any more.
-#ifdef DO_USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
-    combo_language->addto("default");
-#endif
+
     for (Languages::const_iterator cit = languages.begin();
 	cit != languages.end(); ++cit) {
 	combo_language->addto((*cit).second.lang());