Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 August 2017 13:18:32 Les Newell wrote: > Thinking about it, I noticed this bug as well but completely forgot > about it. > > Les > All I wound up doing was applying that email to /usr/bin/axis.py. which was a copy of /usr/bin/axis. Then:patch -p1 axis.py On 25/08/2017 18:13, Gene

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-25 Thread Les Newell
Thinking about it, I noticed this bug as well but completely forgot about it. Les On 25/08/2017 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 25 August 2017 02:58:29 Andy Pugh wrote: On 24 Aug 2017, at 09:00, suavesteve wrote: Just a thought, but after you applied the

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 25 August 2017 02:58:29 Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 24 Aug 2017, at 09:00, suavesteve wrote: > > > > > > Just a thought, but after you applied the patch, you did rebuild / > > install? > > It would probably suffice to patch /use/bin/axis directly. > The one helpfull

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-25 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 24 Aug 2017, at 09:00, suavesteve wrote: > > > Just a thought, but after you applied the patch, you did rebuild / > install? It would probably suffice to patch /use/bin/axis directly.

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-24 Thread David Berndt
I jumped through the hoops of fire. It works. Thanks for the patch and support. Dave On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:30:03 -0400, David Berndt wrote: Sigh. No. It's a python file. I'm not a python expert, but that totally sounds like the kind of thing that'll just get

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-24 Thread David Berndt
Sigh. No. It's a python file. I'm not a python expert, but that totally sounds like the kind of thing that'll just get realtime interpreted. Why would anyone want to rebuild... Now I have to remember back 4 months ago to when I built initially, figure out how the heck to rebuild, any what

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-24 Thread suavesteve
Just a follow-up, showing it working on my SIM v2.7.8 machine, https://youtu.be/TGBxozl6aIg Philip -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org!

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-24 Thread suavesteve
That's odd; Just a thought, but after you applied the patch, you did rebuild / install? The patch applies in the working tree, but the build process copies and renames axis.py (One of the last steps, I think). Philip

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-24 Thread David Berndt
I got no joy on this one, or I don't understand the expected result of the patch. In 2.7.8 that I pulled/built a few months back. Changes appear to apply just fine, but when scrolling through the history list I can't press home, left, right, end, etc to begin edittng. Turns out insert

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 23 August 2017 08:33:34 andy pugh wrote: > On 23 August 2017 at 01:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > There is a file named axis there, but Kompare cannot make a showing > > of what the patch would do using that "axis" as the src file. > > Does it look like a python

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 August 2017 at 01:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > There is a file named axis there, but Kompare cannot make a showing of > what the patch would do using that "axis" as the src file. Does it look like a python file? Does it begin with #!/usr/bin/python ? That's axis.py but

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 22 August 2017 16:03:45 andy pugh wrote: > On 22 August 2017 at 13:57, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The "axis.py" file this patch apply's to, does not exist in the > > latest (as of yesterday) 2.8-pre install on my raspberry pi running > > jessie. > > If the file

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 August 2017 at 13:57, Gene Heskett wrote: > The "axis.py" file this patch apply's to, does not exist in the latest > (as of yesterday) 2.8-pre install on my raspberry pi running jessie. If the file doesn't exist then you won't be able to run the Axis GUI, so the

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 22 August 2017 05:10:18 suavesteve wrote 0001-axis.py-add-support-for-MDI-cursor-movement.patch The "axis.py" file this patch apply's to, does not exist in the latest (as of yesterday) 2.8-pre install on my raspberry pi running jessie. I have a now out of date git pull that I am not

Re: [Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-22 Thread suavesteve
I've ran into this problem, too; best as I could see, it wasn't possible to use the keys with that particular entry box, so I made a few modifications to the axis.py script to give me left + right, home and end keys. It seems to have worked fine for me, for > 6 months. Philip >From

[Emc-users] MDI edit/UI question

2017-08-21 Thread David Berndt
Maybe this is an easy one, maybe not. When using axis in standard config, on the mdi screen, if you've selected the "MDI Command" text box, you can use the up/down arrows to scroll through the history, enter to run the currently selected history command, and if you use the mouse to click