[Xerte] debug(), focus

[Dave Burnett]

Forgive me if this one is already on the bug list.

The debug window seems invisible to screen capture utilities.
Which really amazes me, as I thought screen caps just took info directly from the video output device.
So if it's on screen....
? :-/


> Subject: RE: [Xerte] debug(), focus
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:01 +0100
> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> 
> You've got two Xerte's open. It's a long standing bug, which is really
> hard to know how to fix.
> 
> The focus thing is a problem with the old Zinc version that we use to
> build Xerte. I am hoping that v3.0 addresses some of the little foibles
> that zinc has had - others are sporadic abilitiy to drag files into the
> aplpication and open them - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
> There are few others,
> 
> J
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Fred Riley
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:16 PM
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] debug(), focus
> 
> Two other quickies to test folks' patience:
> 
> 1. What could cause debug() to fail? It was working in the current app
> and now isn't. Even if I put in debug('any old string'); I just see the
> debug window but no string, and debug(<var>) does the same. Code syntax
> is sound, but even if I comment out all code bar debug() this still
> happens. This is running in Preview mode.
> 
> 2. Has the focus problem been solved in later Xerte versions? I'm still
> using v1.9 and the Xerte window hogs the focus on the desktop, which is
> a bit of a nuisance.
> 
> Feel free to ignore both Qs - I'm in a baking office at 30 degrees and
> my brain's turned to mush, so the answer to 1 will probably emerge when
> my brain cools down :(
> 
> Cheers
> 
> fred
> 
> Fred Riley
> Learning Technologist
> School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
> Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf 
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