Delete a stack from memory - fails?

[David Bovill]

Thanks Andre - but destroystack is not the issue. For instance:

delete stack "test"


closes and removes a stack from memory (for a mainstack not substack)
regardless of the destroystack/window status or whether the stack is used as
a library. The issue is that it does not always work - and I could not track
down why. Thought I would post my findings... there are two reasons i know
of when using "delete stack" does not work:

   1. you are using and external (not quiet sure exactly the issues here)
   2. a script is being edited (not sure if this is just Galaxy but suspect
   it is any editor but do not understand why as its just text in a field?)

I need as full proof a way as possible way to close a stack. To do that it
si important to understand in detail why editing a script or using and
external from within a stack might prevent deleting the stack from memory.


2008/7/29 Andre Garzia <andre at andregarzia.com>

> David,
>
> you must set the destroyStack property to true if you want it to be
> removed from memory I think. Like:
>
> set the destroystack of stack "Test" to true
> close stack "test"
>
> Andre
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:37 PM, David Bovill <david at openpartnership.net>
> wrote:
> > What is a reliable way to delete a stack from memory?
> >
> > delete stack "test"
> >
> >
> > can fail. I have a stack that was a library stack, contians no back or
> front
> > scripts, that uses no externals but I cannot delete from memory.
> >
> > I am wandering if it could be due to having used shell commands that
> somehow
> > have not closed properly - they are certainly not active. Is there
> anything
> > I should look for, or any way to force a stack to be removed from memory?
> >
> > Ah seem to have found the answer.... make sure a script is not being
> edited
> > or open in a tabbed script window in Galaxy script editor! This is the
> case
> > even if the window of the script editor is closed! So now to figure out
> how
> > to script the closing of any open Script Editors.... or to give up the
> idea
> > of being able to reliably close a stack using script in the IDE?
> >
> > Any thoughts? I have a script which needs to make sure a particular stack
> is
> > saved and removed from memory before it runs.
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