On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:06:06PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> 
> My fuss about 2.4.6 is that since I am using (MSG,) and M pauses in my 
> current setup while carving mortise and tenons joints, is that the MSG 
> printouts SHOULD be restricted in space to only cover the listing window.  
> As is, by the end of a run, they are covering the majority of the back-plot 
> window area too so I cannot glance at it to see where I am in this repeat 
> run.
> So that's fuss #1

Did you know you can clear them all with Ctrl-space?

> 
> Not only that, some are not erasable/deletable as the cli message says they 
> are not found in the list.
> Fuss #2

There is a possible fix for this in the 2.4 branch (after v2.4.6):
73eb96150e

It would be great if you'd let us know if it fixes the problem for
you.

> The only way to get rid of them is to exit & restart emc, which in turn 
> causes me to have to eventually measure and reset my home positions.  IMO, 
> saving the current machine positions with that optional line in the .INI 
> file, should also save the HOMED status.  That would then lead to a small 
> loss (max= 1/2 microstep count) per restart that for carving wood, should 
> not be a part wrecker error.

You can disable the requirement that you home: 
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/config_ini_config.html#sub:[TRAJ]-section

> I guess that is probably 3 different fixit requests.  2.4.7 material maybe?

There are a lot of important fixes on the 2.4 branch that
will be in the final? 2.4 release.


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