Script editor instability

[Graham Samuel]

I just want to add my name to the chorus of issues not only with the script editor but with the 5.5 IDE in general. I have had situations where I change a line of script but the 'Apply' button stays dimmed. Editing is still allowed, i.e. the editor isn't stuck, and after a certain amount of messing around, 'Apply' lights up. I can't get a repeatable formula; nor can I with several other issues I've had with the IDE, including having lost 'it' as a predefined local for quite a large part of a day, despite restarting, and a rash of 'name shadows another' problems where the name in question seemed unique and the usual tests didn't contradict this. I have also had a script run when I was supposed to be editing… that happened just now when all I did was to create a new label field from the toolbar. But nothing repeatable so far. Very frustrating.

Graham

-----Original Message-----
From: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:40 pm
Subject: Re: Script editor instability


On 4/10/12 12:26 PM, Mark Talluto wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:37 PM, dunbarx at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Since I upgraded to 5.5, now and then the script editor cannot be
>> moved. Rather the titlebar becomes a sort of resize tab, as if I
>> clicked and dragged the actual resize tab. So trying to move the
>> script editor window only results in resizing that window.I think
>> it only changes the width, not the actual rect, like the real
>> resize tab would.
> 
> We are having a number of issues with stability in 5.5.  The problem
> is that the script editor issues you are seeing are very sporadic.  I
> think the majority of issues arise if you save with a command S often
> like I do.  I find that the IDE becomes locked down for a period of
> time before it returns.  Everything you do to it gets queued up and
> runs through very fast once the IDE returns.  Once we have a better
> recipe, I will bugzilla it. For now, I to am looking for others that
> may be seeing this problem.  For the moment, our studio is moving all
> desktop work back to 5.02 and leaving 5.5 for mobile work only.


I've seen some issues too, but like you I can't pinpoint them. I've had 
more lockups recently than ever before. There's a decided delay before 
menus drop down too, and menu key shortcuts don't always work reliably 
any more, as Mark mentioned.

I rarely Cmd-S from within the script editor, I usually save after 
bringing the stack to the front. But the lockups I've had are almost 
always in the editor, usually while stepping through code in debug mode.

I've wondered if the problems are related to the rewrite of the field 
object.

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