2009/5/16 Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
> On 16 May 2009, at 7:39 AM, Olivier Verdier wrote:
>
> It makes complete sense to me to switch apps during presentations. I can
> switch to VLC to show a movie, or to the Terminal to make a demo. This is
> vital for me.
> Apple's own idea of presentation mode is really unsatisfactory (they mostly
> think about people showing their photos to their friends, I suppose), and
> that is why I use skim in the first place.
>
> Would you consider adding a preference (possibly a hidden one) to allow the
> switching to other apps in presentation mode?
>
>
> No
>
> I am not completely illiterate in cocoa programming so I might help if you
> point me to the right direction (and agree with such a change).
>
> Thank you!
>
> == Olivier
>
>
> I already said that this discussion is really irrelevant, because it cannot
> be reasonably done. Switching apps in presentation modes gives unacceptable
> problems. Period.
>
I see. Would you mind sharing your knowledge about why it cannot be
reasonably done? And what precisely were the problems caused by switching
apps before version 1.2.2? I have never experienced any problem at all with
skim and app switching myself...
For the moment I will just try to compile a pre-1.2.2 version and use that
instead of the last version. I really cannot use Skim in its present state
for my teaching.
Thank you,
== Olivier
>
> Christiaan
>
> 2009/5/12 Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
>
>>
>> On 12 May 2009, at 9:56 AM, Olivier Verdier wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am often in a situation where I want to switch app while doing a
>> > presentation with Skim (for instance switch to the terminal to run a
>> > demo).
>> >
>> > This was possible a couple of versions ago, but is not possible
>> > anymore.
>> >
>> > Does anybody know how to fix this? Do you know which version removed
>> > this feature (so I can switch back to an older version if necessary).
>> >
>> > Thank you!!
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > == Olivier
>>
>> It was deliberately disabled in the last release (1.2.2) because it
>> led to unacceptable situations, like complete loss of control of
>> anything you see. Unfortunately Apple does not give us sufficient
>> control to make app switching in presentation mode feasible. Also, it
>> really makes no sense to switch apps during a presentation mode, I
>> consider that hackish. Also Apple generally disables app switching and
>> window switching in presentation modes.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>>
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