On 20 mei 2010, at 12:48, Lex Trotman wrote:

> 
> 
> On 20 May 2010 20:20, Andrei Vishneuski <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 20 mei 2010, at 11:42, Lex Trotman wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 20 May 2010 19:28, Andrei Vishneuski <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> On 19 mei 2010, at 22:34, Enrico Tröger wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 18 May 2010 21:40:03 +0200, Andrei wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 05/18/2010 01:31 PM, Andrei Vishneuski wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 18 mei 2010, at 13:22, Lex Trotman wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 18 May 2010 20:37, Andrei Vishneuski <[email protected]
>> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    I am big fun of Geany and have used it in Windows and Linux as
>> >>>> my primary development editor.
>> >>>>    The problem is usage of Geany under Mac OSx.
>> >>>>    Basically under Mac osx you have three options:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    1) Install port and install geany through the port. This is the
>> >>>>    most simple way. Geany looks a little bit ugly but workable
>> >>>> and fast. 2) Deploy native Mac OSx GTK (see gtk-osx). More
>> >>>> complicated way to use Geany. Geany looks more integrated with Mac
>> >>>> OSx, but it is SLOW !
>> >>>>    3) Use virtual (Linux) machine. Not a graceful way but better
>> >>>>    than nothing.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    I have tried all three options. And unfortunately only third
>> >>>>    option is applicable.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    Options 1) and  2) has critical bug. If you try to build
>> >>>>    something geany starts consuming 100% CPU time !
>> >>>>    It seems there is something wrong with process output reading,
>> >>>>    geany cannot correctly finalize it and stuck somewhere in
>> >>>> reading loop.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>    Does anybody have the same experience and may be just by chance
>> >>>>    has found a workaround ?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Which versions of Geany and Glib and GTK?
>> >>>>
>> >>> Geany 0.18.1
>> >>> 1) Mac OSx port GTK2 2.18.2
>> >>> 2) native gtk-osx GTK2 don't know exact version they are supporting
>> >>> (have to see my home PC to give you more information)
>> >>
>> >> I little bit more about gtk-osx version: geany 0.18.1 (built on May
>> >> 18 2010 with GTK 2.18.2, GLib 2.22.2)
>> >> Geany and gtk-osx has been compiled as i386 applications since 64bits
>> >> version of gtk-osx is no stable yet.
>> >>
>> >> PS: frankly speaking I think it is not GTK related bug, since I have
>> >
>> > It doesn't need to be a GTK/GLib bug but maybe we just use it wrong or
>> > it behaves differently on MacOSX or MacOSX behaves differently than
>> > Linux/Unix. I can't say what's wrong and I don't have access to a
>> > MacOSX system :(.
>> 
>> 
>> Could you give me a brief use case how the build feature works (several 
>> general steps) and point the file
>> where I can find code responsible for it. May be I will try to take a look 
>> at the
>> problem closer (cannot guarantee since I have not used C/C++ for ages :)). 
>> As far as I can see practically everything works:
>> it executes appropriate tool for compilation, gets output from the tool,  
>> parses output and makes parsed results visible in compile
>> window. But after that geany CPU load is 100%.
>> 
>> Oh, the load remains 100% forever after???  Do you get a success message in 
>> the status bar?
>> 
>> Can you try the nightly build version but configure the "build" to run a 
>> shell script that just does a delay so you can check if the load starts 
>> before the end of the build or after completion.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I have tried geany night build and geany 0.17. They have the same problem.
>> 
>> 
>> Ok, thanks, 0.17 lets out new build bits I added :-) but we've still got to 
>> fix the problem :-( 
>> 
>> 
>> PS: Buy the way, several days ago VirtualBox 3.2 has been released. One of 
>> the very interested
>> feature is support for Mac OSx. That means it is possible to install 
>> original Mac OSx from
>> original oficial DVD. It could be a good way to test geany for this platform.
>> 
>> If one has a DVD, doesn't a Mac come from a place with golden arches?? Thats 
>> how much I know about them I'm afraid.
> 
> The problem with Mac OSx is mac hardware uses more modern PC (EFI instead of 
> BIOS) architecture and of course it is impossible
> just to take official Mac OSx DVD and install it on any PC even if the 
> hardware has identical CPU/GPU/etc. And reverse: it is 
> impossible to install Linux/Windows on mac hardware as is, without special 
> boot loaders that emulates BIOS existence. 
> 
> There are several  unofficial projects that modify (hack) original DVD (most 
> of them add special boot loader which makes Mac OSx feels like 
> it starts on PC with EFI).  What Virtual Box does it has started supporting 
> the modern PC architecture and as result you can take original  Mac OSx 
> (as far as I know it possible to buy Snow Leopard legally in apple store) and 
> install it as virtual machine. Of course, there are still several
> problems, your hardware  (CPU/GPU/etc) should be compatible with what Mac OSx 
> can support. 
>   
> 
> 
> AFAIK none of the Geany developers uses Macs so there is no reason for anyone 
> to spend money do it.  
> 
> But if you can help we are happy to provide all the guidance we can if you 
> can contribute by looking at the problem.  
> 
> If you get a chance to look at when the 100% starts would be good.
> 
> As I said in a post a couple back to Enrico (I see I didn't clearly indicate 
> I was talking to him, oops sorry) if the problem can't be definitely found, 
> another option is to try the way builds are run on Windows, where they are 
> synchronous and different methods are used to interface to the subprocess.  
> So all is not lost yet.
> 
> To answer your question about where to look, all is in build.c, you will see 
> that there are #ifdefs that separate the windows and unix code, look at the 
> section headed "execute commands and handle results" and the whole process 
> starts at build_spawn_command().  If you can use a debugger to find what loop 
> its stuck in maybe we can narrow it down.  I would assume its in the GTK 
> event/monitor loop,  otherwise the application wouldn't continue to work, 
> possibly the monitor of the subprocess pipe isn't terminating right and GTK 
> keeps calling it with no characters??
> 
> Cheers
> Lex


The only thing I can say right now is "build_iofunc()" executed infinitely, the 
function always returns TRUE (that is the reason why it is never terminated, I 
think).
Will see why ii is always true ...


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