Re: [Audacity-devel] Mid term evaluations.

[Dan H. <da...@go...>]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Gale Andrews<ga...@au...> wrote:
>
> | From Dan Horgan <da...@go...>
> | Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:32:36 +0100
> | Subject: Mid term evaluations.
>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Dan Horgan<da...@go...> wrote:
>> > I've a feeling it ought to be possible to let the clipboard keep the
>> > DirManager references provided suitable precautions are taken...
>>
>> I've committed a potential fix - it doesn't crash for me now, and I
>> can't make it produce orphaned blockfiles or leak memory, so hopefully
>> that's that. But let me know if I missed something...
>
> Hi Dan
>
> Thanks very much, this seems to work fine on XP. I copied some audio,
> closed the project without saving changes (this cleared to an empty
> project as I have Preferences set to do that), then pasted into the
> new project. I saved the project and re-opened it without orphans.
> It also works fine if changing the Preferences to quit on closing last
> window, and opening a new window before closing the one with
> the audio.  Unless someone on Linux or Mac reports a problem, I'll
> remove the P1 in due course.

That's good to hear. My testing was on Linux.

> I did notice another problem introduced since 1.3.7, though I see
> it was in the code before your fix. When you paste into a new, empty
> project, irrespective whether a previous project was closed, the paste
> only creates an empty track, and you have to paste a second time to get
> the audio. You also get two paste items in Undo history. I guess it's
> a P3, given it's fairly obvious to the user that pasting a second time
> will fix it.
>
>
>
> Gale

I noticed this too; I've replied on the other thread.

Many thanks,
Dan