Re: [Audacity-quality] Testing of RC

[Gale A. <ga...@au...>]

| From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> 
| Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:18:11 +0000
| Subject: [Audacity-quality] Testing of RC
> On 21 February 2012 17:40, Gale Andrews <ga...@au...> wrote:
> >
> > | From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...>
> > | Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:26:18 +0000
> > | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Testing of RC
> >> Bug 458 (Main menu disappears when closing Preferences) is getting
> >> 'really annoying' as I'm making regular changes to Preferences.
> >
> > There is a case for P3, so we could tell people the workaround.
> > Does holding ALT and using a menu shortcut also fix it?
> 
> No the problem occurs whichever method is used to open Preferences.

OK, but what I meant was... after closing Preferences, can you get the 
menus back by using ALT and a menu shortcut? Or have you got to use
a mouse to refresh the window?  


> > Are there many reports on Forum?
> 
> No, but the vast majority of Linux users will be using the version of
> Audacity that is in their distribution repository and I've only
> noticed the problem with newer versions.

So presumably the problem will gradually become more widely 
reported so probably ought to be P3. Please advise about the 
question above. 
 

Thanks


Gale 

> >> Saved and reopened a BIG project (12 hours) without any problem,
> >> though reopening a 15 hour project failed (as expected - bug 416).
> >> The "length" shown in the Selection Toolbar, if set to "samples" also
> >> goes bananas on the 15 hour project, displaying " - 14,, -4,3, -
> >> samples".
> >> I presume that is still bug 416?
> >
> > I believe so. Doesn't the Selection Toolbar corruption only occur at
> > the end of the track, after the point it becomes "too long"?
> 
> That's right, the problem is only when there it is trying to display a
> value greater than 2^32 samples.
> 
> Steve