Re: [zvtm-devel] Problems with zgrviewer (snapshot from September 24th)

[Carsten O. <ot...@in...>]

Dear Emmanuel,

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 03:52:17PM +0200, Emmanuel Pietriga wrote:
> I think I heard somebody report a similar problem, but could never
> reproduce it myself. Can you open a bug report at [1], provide us with
> an example GV file and give information about your environment (OS,
> JVM, ...)?

I will enter this bug report (and the others).

> If ZGRViewer behaves as both Firefox and Safari, isn't it likely that
> the problem comes from the generated SVG file?

I don't know for sure. I just know that inkscape shows the file properly
and using inkscape it looks like the graphs generated with dot's PNG
export.

> > 5) Very often, I still do not see a pattern here, the application does
> > not accept any keys. "G" and the arrow keys have no effect, while CTRL+F
> > brings the search window.
> 
> Are you talking about the applet or the standalone version?

Standalone. After my mail I was not able to use the keys at all.

> > 7) The overview window is very useful, but sadly does not make use of
> > the window size. In my case I use a second screen for the overview to
> > see the details on the first screen, where the overview only uses about
> > 10% of the available space. Here I'd love to see a size similar /
> > identical to the "G" view.
> 
> I am not sure I understand what you are asking for here. Do you just
> want the overview window to be resizable?

The overview window is resizable, at least I do not see any difference
to other windows. I am using a tiling window manager (xmonad), maybe
this is a difference. I'd be happy to see the content shown in the
overview adapt to full window size ("G"), maybe limited to 100% scale.
With 1600x1200 pixels for the overview and other 1600x1200 pixels for
the details I think I can have a way better experience working with my
huge graphs.

> > 9) When using the "follow an edge" mode and trying to focus on an edge
> > with no connecting nodes in reach (both of them are several screens
> > away), the selected edge changes to a nearby edge as soon as the red
> > circle touches the corresponding node.
> 
> Can you provide me with a GV file to reproduce?

While reproducing this, I found a few bugs and/or ideas for improvement.
I will file this.

> Help is always welcome, so if you're willing to contribute we can
> discuss how this could be done.

At the moment I can only provide (useful?) bug reports, sorry.

Best regards,
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