Dennis:
You said "lots of cracks in the IDE". I'd have to agree.
I've given up on saving scripts, and now only delete/kill the script
editors. That way I'm SURE to see the error messages. Far too often I
have "saved" a script and the save did not take, with no error window
visible. Too bad window visibility is handled correctly during a script
editor kill, but not when saving a script. It can't be that hard to do
the latter correctly if the former is correct.
Window visibility is a problem in general with the IDE: do an <alt><tab>
away from Rev and an <alt><tab> to go back, and a different window
appears within Rev, not the one you were working on. Do a save and
focus flies away to a context other than the one you were working on.
Lots of windows pop up so that they cannot be controlled (kill or
minimize buttons hidden behind other windows) and many windows cannot be
hidden at all, and can only be killed, forcing the user to reactivate
them from scratch.
I like the (theoretical?) cross-platform aspect of Rev, and some things
are fairly easy to do in it, but the conceptual base is verbose and the
implementation is buggy. Sigh.
Jon
Dennis Brown wrote:
When I said I hit delete, I meant I hit the delete icon (trash can).
I must have hit the lower trash can that time. They really should
make the distinction more clear in the user interface --both trash
cans are next to the field with a hilited line. In any case I tried
it again, and sure enough, the undo does not undo a delete of the
property set. Then I quit Rev and it did not ask if I wanted to
save. Lots of cracks in the IDE.
Dennis
On Jun 4, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote:
When editing properties, I'd suggest never using the delete key at
all. Use the trash can icons instead.
Important: use the UPPER trash can to delete single properties, use
the LOWER trash can to delete property sets. The Delete key is just
too vague sometimes with multiple hilites all over the place.
At 1:00 PM -0400 6/4/05, Dennis Brown wrote:
I hate to break in here, but just 10 minutes ago, I wanted to
delete a custom property from a field. I selected the property in
the inspector (it was the first one and it was highlighted), I hit
delete, return (did not read the "are you sure" box very carefully)
and every custom property was deleted. I went immediately to the
Edit menu and the undo was available, so I selected it. None of my
custom properties were restored, but the field was still there. I
had to revert to last saved. When I actually try to delete more
than one custom property at a time, I can't even select more than one.
Perhaps I did something wrong (operator error), but I can not
figure out what it could have been. I have noticed that the IDE
has a tough time doing the focus right. For instance, I can select
the doc window, click in the find field --it is outlined, then
start typing, only to look up and see that nothing is being typed
into the field. I have to click on it again before it works. This
has happened also in my stacks. What gives?
Dennis
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