Yes, this is a Tiger-only bug. I've already fixed it in the source. Could you try to download <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ Skim.app.zip> and confirm the problem is gone?
Christiaan On 16 Apr 2008, at 8:14 AM, Vijay Kaul wrote: > I'm getting bad behavior when I select Notes under Preferences. The > tab > greys, though the pane itself remains on whichever of the other three > (General, Display, or Sync) was last selected. (That pane's tab > remains > blue.) Then Skim becomes entirely unresponsive. (Beach Ball of semi- > death. > I can still drag the Pref's window, though I cannot close it. I can > force > quit from the dock icon.) This is the only strange behavior my > installation seems to be having, but then again, I don't really use > many > of Skim's features. The freeze happens whether or not other software > is > running and also occurs whether or not Skim has any PDFs open. > Unfortunately, I don't know if this was an issue prior to updating to > v1.1.3. After the software freezes, it dies when told to Force Quit > without problems. > > I've considered the ol' uninstall/re-install cycle, but I didn't > know if > there might be something more constructive I could do for development > folks beforehand. I opened up Console, since I have learned / > something/ > from the "Geniuses" at Apple. > I open and clear Console, open Skim, click on Preferences and Notes. > It > gives me: > ===== Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:08:13 AM US/Eastern ===== > 2008-04-16 02:08:18.501 Skim[2356] LCC Scroll Enhancer loaded > 2008-04-16 02:08:23.989 Skim[2356] *** -[NSFontManager target]: > selector > not recognized [self = 0x42d3f0] > 2008-04-16 02:08:23.989 Skim[2356] *** -[NSFontManager target]: > selector > not recognized [self = 0x42d3f0] > 2008-04-16 02:08:23.999 Skim[2356] *** Assertion failure in - > [SKFontPicker > lockFocus], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:3248 > 2008-04-16 02:08:23.999 Skim[2356] lockFocus sent to a view whose > window > is deferred and does not yet have a corresponding platform window > 2008-04-16 02:08:24.698 Skim[2356] *** Assertion failure in - > [SKFontPicker > lockFocus], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:3248 > 2008-04-16 02:08:24.698 Skim[2356] lockFocus sent to a view whose > window > is deferred and does not yet have a corresponding platform window > 2008-04-16 02:08:24.706 Skim[2356] *** Assertion failure in - > [SKFontPicker > lockFocus], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:3248 > 2008-04-16 02:08:24.706 Skim[2356] lockFocus sent to a view whose > window > is deferred and does not yet have a corresponding platform window > > ... > > 2008-04-16 02:08:30.763 Skim[2356] *** Assertion failure in - > [SKFontPicker > lockFocus], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:3248 > 2008-04-16 02:08:30.763 Skim[2356] lockFocus sent to a view whose > window > is deferred and does not yet have a corresponding platform window > 2008-04-16 02:08:30.771 Skim[2356] *** Assertion failure in - > [SKFontPicker > lockFocus], AppKit.subproj/NSView.m:3248 > 2008-04-16 02:08:30.771 Skim[2356] lockFocus sent to a view whose > window > is deferred and does not yet have a corresponding platform window > > ===== END CONSOLE ===== > > where those two lines repeat a bajillion times (once every 7 or 8 > thousandths of a second), and continue repeating until the app is > killed. > > Is there any other diagnostic work that would be helpful in stomping > out > whatever bug I seem to have caught? I don't know a *whole* lot about > development, but can follow instructions, and I'm not afraid to type > "sudo > make ..." if necessary. > > Of course, here's some info on my system: > OS X 10.4.11 > 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (iMac) > 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM > > Skim version 1.1.3 > > Oh, and I noticed this problem when I started to try and get PDFSync > working. I've downloaded the script: "gvim-pdfsync" and setup Skim > to use > that. However, upon Shift-Command-Click, I don't see *any* response. > The > script does work from the command line. As of now, I'm assuming that > this > issue has more to do with me being stupid about sync-ing, and entirely > unrelated to the freezing. But, I thought I'd bring it up just in > case it > sheds any light. If I still can't get PDFSync working in the > morning, I'll > probably post a question about that in its own thread, just like it > deserves. Reseting Sync preferences, of course, does not solve the > problem. Reseting all preferences also does not solve the problem. > > Well, that's all that comes to mind. If there's anything else I can > do to > help, let me know! > > Thanks in advance, > Vijay > > -- > Vijay Kaul > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. 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