On Thu, 2025-10-23 at 09:36 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > On 10/23/2025 9:26 AM EDT Bric <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/23/2025 6:05 AM EDT Richard Shann <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 14:12 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 10/22/2025 3:51 AM EDT Richard Shann > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2025-10-21 at 14:40 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > > > > Attaching screen video showing the issue I have lived with > > > > > > for > > > > > > many > > > > > > many years (the benefits have been outweighing the pain) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perusing denemo menus on Linux has involved incessant > > > > > > lockups and > > > > > > workflow disruption: > > > > > > > > > > > > I hover over menu items, that triggers tooltips, which then > > > > > > lock > > > > > > everything until I mouse over back to the tooltip, which > > > > > > then > > > > > > unlocks > > > > > > everything... but then the cycle can repeat immediately > > > > > > (and that > > > > > > is > > > > > > functionally random and creates a chaotic, maddening > > > > > > experience) > > > > > > > > > > > > The attachment "denemo-menu-locking-issue.mp4" shows the > > > > > > issue. > > > > > > I > > > > > > didn't trim it maximally, leaving some dead moments, so as > > > > > > to > > > > > > show > > > > > > continuous, unedited flow. (About a minute long) > > > > > > > > > > > > I was finally able to fix this! As shown in denemo-menu- > > > > > > locking- > > > > > > fixed.mp4. > > > > > > > > > > > > The fix involves using GTK's GTK_WINDOW_POPUP as type > > > > > > GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_TOOLTIP > > > > > > > > > > Great! something that annoys me too. > > > > > > > > > > Can you post the code that fixes this (e.g. as a patch)? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here it is. Should be applicable to 2.6.39 (that's the > > > > version my > > > > build shows), without any prior patching > > > > > > Did you mean 2.6.49? That is the current version ... I've applied > > > the > > > fix (with some tweaks for the elderly!) and committed it to the > > > repository now. > > > Look forward to the other patches! > > > With thanks for your work > > > > > > > Great. As far as versions -- I will try to sort out why mine is > > showing 2.6.39 -- i THOUGHT the source was just a git clone of the > > main repository > > > > I am doing "git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/denemo.git" again > > now... by the way, did you know that the git clone starts out at > > normal speed then for some reason slows down to a crawl... varying > > somewhere between 80 and 200 KiB/s ? > > OK. Downloaded, compiled. On first run, after confirming to port > old settings, I got "core dumped". Ran it again after that, and it > seems fine. > > The compiled version is, indeed, the new one -- 2.6.50 > > Will try patching 2.6.50 with the those patches from 2.6.39 -- unless > you want to go ahead and do that yourself
I will be very happy to merge the patches - the Command Center looks far less clunky after all your work - so please do post the patches concerned! Richard
