Re: [Golly-test] layers - GTK focus bug recipe & slowness issues

[Brice D. <bri...@ve...>]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:18:35 -0500, Brice Due <bri...@ve...> wrote:

> Now for the bug recipe:

Not a layers bug at all... this bug also appears in golly 1.1 GTK. Just go  
to a maximized window at subpixel zoom and the selection drag will be slow  
enough to get the bug. Follow steps 3-6 but click randomly cw or ccw in  
the viewport. Same bug. Nothing to do with layers.

> 1. tile 4 duplicate layers with sync views on.
> 2. go to zoom 1:2 or 1:4 and make 0-3 previous selections so things get
> slow.
> 3. begin a selection in the layer you want to make buggy.
> 4. after the shaded mask starts extending, but before it reaches the
> cursor...
> 5. click randomly in the layer windows for 5 sec or so -- go cw or ccw
> through all 4
> 6. move crosshairs outside golly and wait 5-10 sec to see if reverts
>
> You may have to try more than once. But I've reproduced the buggy cursor
> several times now using this technique. Just repeat steps 3-6 until the
> cursor remains crosshairs everywhere.


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