GUI-related crash and bugs

lalo · 16 Jan 2005

antialias wrote: hi, found an action which causes program crash every time on my machine-- if you left-click on an object's outlet, changing the cursor to a triangle, and then left-click somewhere in empty space to dismiss the pending connection. usually i click an outlet by mistake when attempting to select an object, and then the only way to avoid a crash is either to click again on that outlet or make a connection. pressing ESC to dismiss causes an interesting effect where the pending connection leaves trails behind it.

hi, i can't reproduce here..i have no such a problem..mmhh..let's see some other report

antialias wrote: in addition, here are screenshots of a couple minor GUI quirks i noticed just now:

referring to the little black rectangles, and

the little rectangles give the order in wich you connected the cables.. 0 rectangles is the first cable you connected..1 rectangle is 2nd , 2 rect. is 3rd etc..

antialias wrote:

referring to the change in the bend of connections when a group of objects is copied & pasted several times.

-anti

same here...i think jorge and malc did it to let the different cables not overlap themself...let's wait for their reply 🙂

love lalo

malc · 16 Jan 2005

Thanks antialias

I'll try the crash problem later as I'm not at my regular PC at the moment.

Re. second issue, spot on lalo! However, the rectangles should really align themselves to the link. This only occurs with curved links and depends on the curvature. I don't think this is a big issue at the moment but it's something I'd like to tidy up at some point.

The final issue looks like a bug. I think the copy and paste is not doing it's job correctly. I suspect the control points (that determine the shape of the link) are being pasted at an offset from their correct position. I'll look at this later.

Great to see you looking at the details. 🙂

malc · 17 Jan 2005

Ok, I've had a look at the crash issue antialias. Like lalo, I'm also having difficulty reproducing it. I think I need some more information about exactly what actions to perform.

If I left-click on an output connector then release the mouse button, that action in itself will cancel the link: if I click again in empty space the link has already been cancelled.

If I left-click on an output connector and hold the button down, then when I drag, I start to create a link. However, clicking in empty space first requires me to release the mouse button which in itself cancels the link.

So I'm a little confused now. Either there is another bug that's causing your link creation to behave in a different way from how it should work or I'm misinterpreting your description of how to re-create the crash.

Would it be possible for you to create a small schematic and post the exact actions I need to take to cause the crash.

Thanks for your help.

lalo · 19 Jan 2005

i got the same problem 2 times today...but i really can't reproduce it... it happens but i don't know why 🙁

lalo

malc · 19 Jan 2005

So you just click on a connector and release and then it starts making a link, is that right? Then you click somewhere else and boom?

lalo · 19 Jan 2005

yes..

malc · 19 Jan 2005

Thanks lalo. I've had another play but can't break it. If it happens again if you could quickly try and jot down the circumstances under which it occured that would be extremely helpful.

When the crash occured the software should come back with a recovery file. It might be useful for me to take a look at that to see if I can spot something.

Cheers.

antialias · 21 Jan 2005

seems to happen randomly on my end, i can't find anything specific that triggers it. here's my most recent recovery file:

http://www.emmrecords.com/~antialias/example_(recovered)pid=3284.osm

hope it helps.

-anti

malc · 21 Jan 2005

Thanks anti, I'll take a look - any information no matter how small is helpful so this will be a big help I think.

Out of interest, how long does it usually take to happen or is that fairly random too?

malc · 21 Jan 2005

Can you remember which module you were in when it happened last?

malc · 21 Jan 2005

lalo, when the problem occured for you were you using the example schematic or one of your own?

I'm on a mission to sort this now 🙂

lalo · 21 Jan 2005

malc wrote: lalo, when the problem occured for you were you using the example schematic or one of your own?

I'm on a mission to sort this now 🙂

i was on my own...but it was'nt recovered...the next time it will happen i'll send you 🙂 good haunt 🙂 love lalo

malc · 21 Jan 2005

Guys, I did it!

So - now all I have to do is figure out what's causing it.

Thanks lalo, no need to send me anything now.

malc · 21 Jan 2005

Ok, problem solved. It looks like it happens when you double-click within an output connector whilst moving your mouse within that connector. Doing this I can repeat the problem every time.

You might not realise that you're double clicking at the time - this happened to me earlier when I first succeeded in getting the crash.

I'll get this fixed for the next release. Thanks for your help here.