Hi Alan On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:31:06PM -0800, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2017-01-30 22:06-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote: > > [...] > >Here is the error message you get if you use the -DBUILD_TEST=ON cmake > >option for the latest (at least commit 6589caa) git master branch > >version of PLplot and build the test_extXdrawable target which builds > >extXdrawable_demo and its prerequisites and then runs that > >application. The resulting run-time error messages are as follows: > > > >The program 'extXdrawable_demo' received an X Window System error. > >This probably reflects a bug in the program. > >The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'. > > (Details: serial 183 error_code 3 request_code 2 minor_code 0) > > (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; > > that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. > > To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line > > option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful > > backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) > >examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable.dir/build.make:57: recipe for target > >'examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable' failed > >make[3]: *** [examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable] Error 1 > >CMakeFiles/Makefile2:5428: recipe for target > >'examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable.dir/all' failed > >make[2]: *** [examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable.dir/all] Error 2 > >CMakeFiles/Makefile2:5435: recipe for target > >'examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable.dir/rule' failed > >make[1]: *** [examples/CMakeFiles/test_extXdrawable.dir/rule] Error 2 > >Makefile:1846: recipe for target 'test_extXdrawable' failed > >make: *** [test_extXdrawable] Error 2 > > > >Would you be willing to take a look at this error to see if you can > >figure out a fix? > > To Jonathan and Phil: > > @Jonathan: > > Never mind. I thought a bit more about this issue and concentrated > specifically on how Jim's change to the xcairo device code could > affect the extXdrawable_demo application alone, and after looking at > the problem that way, the solution was easy. It turned out that the > split of handling of eop state and wait state had a easy-to-fix bug > (see commit 5b52716 for details) that just affected extXdrawable_demo, > and the net result is the above run-time error has now been completely > addressed.
Our emails crossed in transit. It's great that the problem turned out to be so easily fixed. > (It's amazing how often that happens; you take the time to explain the > symptoms of a bug to someone else, and the brain keeps working on it > subconciously and comes up with a fix as in this case.) Absolutely. I see (and experience) that sort of thing all the time. :-) Thanks for letting me know. Regards jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
