Re: [Gtodo-list] Re: Gtodo 0.16 Release Candidate 1

[wwp <sub...@fr...>]

Hello Qball,


On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:08:21 +0100 Qball Cow <qb...@qb...> wrote:

> I've updated, and fixed a few small bugs, in the applet. It isn't the
> applet from the screenshot, but the simple one from the last release.
> http://download.qballcow.nl/programs/gtodo/gtodo-applet-0.16.0.tar.gz
[snip]

I can confirm that w/ gtodo-applet 0.16.0, I still face crashes occasionally,
even if less frequently, when adding items or editing items' subject in
category (no need to remove anyone).

BTW, is there a way to debug a gnome applet (from gdb for instance)? I'd
prefer providing a backtrace than such vague bug description.


Regards,

> On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 13:27 +0100, Qball Cow wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 08:25 +0100, wwp wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > > Yes, now you mention it, I remember this needed fixing.. This should
> > > > be fixed before a release. Patches are welcome.
> > > > thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > I've also fixed the following 2 things today:
> > > > 1. Show or Hide window now only works when tray icon is enabled. (to
> > > > stop the window from playing hide-and-seek).
> > > > 2. Use the new (gtk+-2.4) file chooser.
> > > > 
> > > > Please feel free to mention more "oddities" or other things that
> > > > should be fixed.
> > > 
> > > Hmm while we're here. W/ 0.14 I faced reproducible crashes of the
> > > gtodo-applet when I was adding some items to a category. Don't remember
> > > exactly how but it was frequent, and IIRC I couldn't get it w/
> > > 0.16.0-rc2. Was it a known and fixed issue w/ gtodo?
> > > 
> > > About this gtodo-applet. If I'm not wrong, when you dble-click on it, it
> > > opens gtodo. Now, if you dble-click on it 20 times, you'll get 20
> > > gtodos :-). Wouldn't it more "common" to show/hide upon a single click
> > > on it?
> > > 
> > > 
> > I am not a big fan of the applet myself, but if people actually use it,
> > it needs fixing. As far as I know the applet has several bugs.
> > This is the latest version I have on my hard disk:
> > http://images.qballcow.nl/gtodo-applet6.png. Maybe somebody can come up
> > with a short list of what the applet should and shouldn't do. (I know
> > there been discussions about this before).
> > 
> > Gtodo doesn't have a system to keep track of and messaging running
> > gtodo's. But those 20 gtodo's should stay "in sync", because it tracks
> > changes on the file, and in the preferences.
> > I am open for a decent solution to this problem.
> > 
> > 
> > Qball.
> > 
> > 
> > > > p.s. I plan to maintain this branch until a (second?) (stable) release
> > > > is done of the gtodo rewrite. I don't intend to add allot of features.
> > > > But feel free to request them for the rewrite.  If you want to check
> > > > out how the rewrite of gtodo is progressing so far, let me know.
> > > 
> > > Nice to hear :-).
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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wwp