Re: Bugs I've ran into...

[Enrico Sersale]

On 2007-05-17 17:32:32 +0300 Stefan Bidigaray <stefanbidi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey, I was just able to build some Slackware packages, they're already in
> the incoming folder and should soon be in the proper place for download, I'd
> really appreciate it if people would check to make sure they're working like
> they should.
>
> On that note, I've ran into some bugs that I have no idea where they really
> are!  All this is under Slackware 11.0 with WindowMaker.  The first few are
> in GWorkspace...
>
> 1. When starting GWorkspace, it tries to contact fswatcher but fails with
> the following message:
>   2007-05-17 11:05:42.435 fswatcher[17031] inotify_init() failed!
> As you can see, I used the --with-inotify option to build GWorkspace.

I think that the inotify-based fswatcher should be a distinct package. (as all 
the stuff in GWMetadata).

> 2. The Fiend and Tabbed Shelf do not work like they are supposed to.  If I
> select to show them, a new entry will appear under the "Windows" menu
> labeled "Window".  If I then hide it again (as in I don't want to see it
> anymore) the entry under the "Windows" menu is still there, and if I click
> on it it will again show the Fiend or Tabbed Shelf (which ever one this
> entry corresponds to), but as far as GWorkspace knows it's still hidden
> because the entry under "Tools->Fiend" is still showing "Show Fiend" for the
> Fiend and the same for the Tabbed Shelf.

Fixed on SVN.

> 3. The "Logout" feature doesn't work either.  If I press it, and any other
> GNUstep application is running it will close these applications but not
> GWorkspace, and the "Logout" menu option will be blanked out, at which point
> I need to hit "Quit" in order to actually quit GWorkspace.  This happens
> everytime, no exception...  I get no errors on the terminal.

Fixed on SVN.

> That's it for GWorkspace.

I'll make a bugfix release on the next days...

> The next problem I think is in -gui and it's one that has been happening for
> a while... it's the "menu bug".  That's when you start a new application and
> the previously active application's menu is still active, but behind the
> current application's menu.  There's a screenshot of this on the Wiki under
> the LiveCD page.  I guess this has been around for a while, I just wanted to
> let you know it's still there.
>
> Over all, this new release is pretty good so far!  I haven't messed with it
> much since I just got it installed
>
> Stefan
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