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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29722]

Wed, 20 March 2002 01:57

Olaf Stetzer
Messages: 39
Registered: September 2001

Member

Olaf Stetzer wrote:
> Reimar Bauer wrote:
>
>
> Well, I have quiet a modern computer (purchased last summer) with
> enough memory. I don't have to restart idlde or even the computer,
> just the text in the editor window is not redrawn in some cases,
> maybe when the region was covered with another window during the
> program run. When I encounter it the next time I will try to fix
> the exact conditions under which this problem occured.

It just happened again:

The problem occurs when I go into the menu run/compile. After
compiling is completed the text that was hidden behind the
menu is not redrawn! Has anybody encountered this before?

Olaf
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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29724 is a reply to message #29722]

Wed, 20 March 2002 00:23

Olaf Stetzer
Messages: 39
Registered: September 2001

Member

Reimar Bauer wrote:
> Dear David and Olaf,
>
> I have seen a similiar problem before with on old computer
> with only a small amount of memory.
> Sometimes the widget_buttons or icons of idlde get gray
> or the text was covered with something.
> Not always a restart of idl helps, sometimes the computer
> has to be restarted too.
>
> I believe the problem has something to do with the retain buffer.
>
> On modern computers I haven't recognized it.
>

Well, I have quiet a modern computer (purchased last summer) with
enough memory. I don't have to restart idlde or even the computer,
just the text in the editor window is not redrawn in some cases,
maybe when the region was covered with another window during the
program run. When I encounter it the next time I will try to fix
the exact conditions under which this problem occured.

Olaf

--
Dr. Olaf Stetzer
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Institut fï¿½r Meterologie und Klimaforschung
Atmosphï¿½rische Aerosole (IMK III) - http://imk-aida.fzk.de
Tel.: +49(0)7247-82-3249 (FAX: -4332)

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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29728 is a reply to message #29724]

Tue, 19 March 2002 09:15

R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998

Senior Member

David Fanning wrote:
>
> Olaf Stetzer (olaf.stetzer@imk.fzk.de) writes:
>
>> Strange, now that I try to reproduce the exact conditions under
>> which this bug appeared I cannot reproduce it! But I encountered
>> it quiet often in the past weeks, maybe it only happened when the
>> program halted due to some errors...?
>
> Well, that explains it. My programs are always error free. :^)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
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> Fanning Software Consulting
> Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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Dear David and Olaf,

I have seen a similiar problem before with on old computer
with only a small amount of memory.
Sometimes the widget_buttons or icons of idlde get gray
or the text was covered with something.
Not always a restart of idl helps, sometimes the computer
has to be restarted too.

I believe the problem has something to do with the retain buffer.

On modern computers I haven't recognized it.

regards
Reimar

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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29735 is a reply to message #29728]

Tue, 19 March 2002 07:12

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Olaf Stetzer (olaf.stetzer@imk.fzk.de) writes:

> Strange, now that I try to reproduce the exact conditions under
> which this bug appeared I cannot reproduce it! But I encountered
> it quiet often in the past weeks, maybe it only happened when the
> program halted due to some errors...?

Well, that explains it. My programs are always error free. :^)

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29737 is a reply to message #29735]

Tue, 19 March 2002 06:53

Olaf Stetzer
Messages: 39
Registered: September 2001

Member

David Fanning wrote:
> Olaf Stetzer (olaf.stetzer@imk.fzk.de) writes:
>
>
>> after a while of inactivity regarding IDL I now work
>> quiet a lot with the new Version of IDL (5.5).
>>
>> But there is a really annoying bug in it which I have
>> not seen being reported on this list yet (by searching
>> the archives):
>>
>> Anytime I start a program in the commandline (IDLDE), the
>> editor window is blanked and not redrawn correctly
>> after the program ended. When I want to edit again
>> I have to mark the (invisible) text or move it up and
>> down, so it gets redrawn correctly. Am I the only one
>> experiencing this bug? Or is there a workaround?
>
>
> I've never seen anything like this in my IDL 5.5 on
> Windows 2000.
>

Strange, now that I try to reproduce the exact conditions under
which this bug appeared I cannot reproduce it! But I encountered
it quiet often in the past weeks, maybe it only happened when the
program halted due to some errors...?

Olaf

--
Dr. Olaf Stetzer
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Institut fï¿œr Meterologie und Klimaforschung
Atmosphï¿œrische Aerosole (IMK III) - http://imk-aida.fzk.de
Tel.: +49(0)7247-82-3249 (FAX: -4332)

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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29738 is a reply to message #29737]

Tue, 19 March 2002 06:16

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Olaf Stetzer (olaf.stetzer@imk.fzk.de) writes:

> after a while of inactivity regarding IDL I now work
> quiet a lot with the new Version of IDL (5.5).
>
> But there is a really annoying bug in it which I have
> not seen being reported on this list yet (by searching
> the archives):
>
> Anytime I start a program in the commandline (IDLDE), the
> editor window is blanked and not redrawn correctly
> after the program ended. When I want to edit again
> I have to mark the (invisible) text or move it up and
> down, so it gets redrawn correctly. Am I the only one
> experiencing this bug? Or is there a workaround?

I've never seen anything like this in my IDL 5.5 on
Windows 2000.

Cheers,

David
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155

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Re: Bug in 5.5 on Win 2k? [message #29827 is a reply to message #29722]

Fri, 22 March 2002 06:49

David Burridge
Messages: 33
Registered: January 1998

Member

Hi Olaf,

"Olaf Stetzer" <olaf.stetzer@imk.fzk.de> wrote in message
news:3C985CF2.4080201@imk.fzk.de...
> Olaf Stetzer wrote:
>> Reimar Bauer wrote:
>>
>>
>> Well, I have quiet a modern computer (purchased last summer) with
>> enough memory. I don't have to restart idlde or even the computer,
>> just the text in the editor window is not redrawn in some cases,
>> maybe when the region was covered with another window during the
>> program run. When I encounter it the next time I will try to fix
>> the exact conditions under which this problem occured.
>
> It just happened again:
>
> The problem occurs when I go into the menu run/compile. After
> compiling is completed the text that was hidden behind the
> menu is not redrawn! Has anybody encountered this before?
>
> Olaf
> --
> Dr. Olaf Stetzer
> Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
> Institut f�r Meterologie und Klimaforschung
> Atmosph�rische Aerosole (IMK III) - http://imk-aida.fzk.de
> Tel.: +49(0)7247-82-3249 (FAX: -4332)
>

I'm on Win XP and I agree - I've seen this behaviour a few times, but I just
scroll the window a bit. On my machine I seem to recall it happenning when
I'm compiling a procedure with some sort of error in it ... sorry I can't be
more specific. I'll watch out for it and report back.

Meantime, am I the only person to be driven *crazy* by the fact that when I
place a breakpoint in my code, the program almost always stops with this at
the bottom of the editor (so I have to scroll down to see what's coming
before F10/F8'ing)? I suppose it's most irritating 'cause I'm using a
touchpad a lot:-(

Cheers,

Dave

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