Re: [OBO-Edit Working Group] Private release 2.1.1-b5 gets around unique-launch problem

[Walls, R. <rw...@ny...>]

You can also open multiple copies on the command line without changing
directories, using "open -n -a/Applications/OBO-Edit2/OBO-Edit.app",
substituting the path to OE on your computer, and then using file>open in
OE. I can't remember exactly who taught me this, but it was several people
on this list.

Ramona

On 1/29/12 3:43 PM, "Nomi Harris" <nlh...@lb...> wrote:

>(I already told Paola and Becky this, but others might find it useful as
>well.)
>
>Another way to get around the unique-launch problem is that you can
>launch multiple versions of OE at the same time if you launch from the
>command line instead of by double-clicking on the app. To launch OBO-Edit
>from the command line, just cd to the directory where you installed it,
>and type ./oe-command-line. For example:
>    cd /Applications/OBO-Edit-2.1.1-b4
>    ./oe-command-line
>
>An advantage to using the command-line version is that you can have it
>open an ontology file as it launches by specifying it on the command line:
>    ./oe-command-line /users/nomi/ontology-files/gene_ontology_edit.obo
>
>
>Another thing I wanted to mention about the unique-launch problem is that
>I think it's only an issue on Macs.
>
>    Nomi
>
>
>On Jan 28, 2012, at 9:34 PM, Nomi Harris wrote:
>
>> Release 2.1.1-b5 has a temporary workaround for an issue that was
>>bothering some of you (and that may be an issue for some of you at the
>>ontology editing workshop):
>> [ geneontology-Bugs-3481225 ] Can't launch two (recent) OBO-Edits at
>>the same time
>> 
>> Some users like to to have two different versions of OBO-Edit running
>> at the same time--for example, stable release 2.1.0 and new beta
>> 2.1.1-b4. Starting with version 2.1-b19, this became impossible--if
>> you have one OBO-Edit running, you can't launch another (post-2.1-b19)
>> OBO-Edit.
>> It turns out this is due to the installer fix (added in 2.1-b19) that
>> lets the installer detect whether you have a 64-bit machine, and, if
>> so, lets you set a higher memory setting (which is otherwise limited
>> to 1860M). Setting the OBO-Edit memory allocation higher is useful for
>> the many users who do have 64-bit-capable computers, because they can
>> then load bigger ontologies (and even run the reasoner on them)
>> without running out of memory.
>> 
>> The temporary workaround in 2.1.1-b5 is that I commented out that 64-bit
>> Java stuff from the installer, so you can run 2.1.1-b5 (which is
>>otherwise basically
>> the same as 2.1.1-b4) at the same time as 2.1.0. However, you will not
>>be
>> able to set your memory allocation higher than 1860M when you install
>> 2.1.1-b5, so if that is a problem for you, then just stick with
>> 2.1.1-b4 for now until we figure out a better way to fix the
>> unique-launch problem without breaking the 64-bit-capable install.
>> 
>> You can download 2.1.1-b5 from
>>http://www.oboedit.org/test_release/2.1.1-b5
>> 
>> If you are looking for the latest release that is 64-bit capable, use
>>http://www.oboedit.org/test_release/2.1.1-b4
>> 
>> 
>> 2.1.1-b4 has a number of useful new features and bug fixes that have
>>been added since 2.1.0 was released in December:
>> 
>> New features:
>> - Chris and Heiko got OBO<->OWL conversion working inside OBO-Edit, so
>>you can load and/or save in OWL format.
>> 
>> - [ geneontology-Feature Requests-1604638 ] quick save
>> After your first Save As, you can do a quick Save (command-S) to save
>>the ontology again with the same save parameters.
>> (A message window briefly appears letting you know the quick save
>>worked.)
>> 
>> - [ geneontology-Feature Requests-3375766 ] Automatic detection of
>>changed files/reload option
>> A new background thread checks whether the file you're looking at has
>>changed on disk since you last loaded or saved it.
>> If it changes, a popup advises you to save your work (if you've made
>>changes) and reload.
>> 
>> - [ geneontology-Feature Requests-3469108 ] Titlebar should show last
>>saved-as filename
>> 
>> - [ geneontology-Feature Requests-3476913 ] Warn about possible stale
>>config files when launching new version
>> Whenever you upgrade to a new version of OBO-Edit, there is the risk
>>that
>> out-of-date binary files in your ~/oboedit_config (mostly in
>> oboedit_config/perspectives) will cause bad behavior of various
>>unexpected
>> sorts (for example, sometimes it makes Autocommit in the Text Editor not
>> work). Now a warning message about it pops up the first time you run a
>>new
>> OBO-Edit release (and it offers to rename oboedit_config/perspectives
>>for
>> you.)
>> 
>> 
>> Changes:
>> - When you save your configuration in the Configuration Manager, you
>>now get a
>> popup message reminding you that you may need to quit and restart OE
>>for your
>> changes to take effect.  (If people find this annouying, I can take it
>>out.)
>> New feature:
>> 
>> - I made the configuration option "Confirm on exit" say "Confirm on
>>exit, even       
>>                 
>>                 
>>                 
>> if there are no changes to be saved", and I made it default to false
>>instead of true.
>> 
>> - Fixed the evil twin Cross Product Editor problems:
>> [ geneontology-Bugs-3471901] can't delete cross products
>> [ geneontology-Bugs-3303595] deleting genus relationship in cross
>>product tab
>> In an earlier version of OE, the genus would mysteriously disappear
>> when you committed. Chris and Amina fixed this by caching the value of
>> the genus field in AutocompleteBox and restoring it when it
>> disappeared. However, this had the unwanted side effect of making it
>> impossible to delete the genus by erasing the genus field--it would
>> simply reappear, like a zombie returned from the dead, when you
>>committed.
>> Now you should be able to save OR delete your genus.
>> 
>> - OWL Adapter: Fixed issue where file browser strips off .owl extension
>>if you select an
>> existing .owl file. (Can't fix problem in file browser itself, which is
>> native, but the OWL adapter now restores the .owl suffix after you
>>select the file.)
>> 
>> 
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