[ANN] New plugin AAG|LayerComps

[Pete Haworth]

I guess this isn't quite the same thing but why is it that when I create a
field by script, the size of the field is different than when I just drag
one to my stack from the Tools palette.  I thought the templates were
supposed to ensure consistency but maybe I'm misunderstanding their purpose

Pete



On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mark Wieder <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> Jacque-
>
> Saturday, July 23, 2011, 11:46:53 AM, you wrote:
>
> > On 7/22/11 10:26 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
> >> Jacque-
> >>
> >> Friday, July 22, 2011, 7:49:28 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 7/22/11 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
> >>>> Jacque-
> >>>>
> >>>> Friday, July 22, 2011, 2:26:00 PM, you wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> You can set the destroystack property for newly-created stacks in the
> >>>>> Files and Memory section of prefs.
> >>>>
> >>>> Unless you create stacks by script, in which case the destroyStack
> >>>> preference is ignored... sad but true...
> >>>>
> >>
> >>> For real? But...I do that all the time. I guess I never actually
> checked
> >>> on it, but I don't remember the files hanging around in memory either.
> >>> Is that some new glitch? Does it also happen in standalones? (I wonder
> >>> how you'd check that in a standalone.)
> >>
> >> BZ #3190 (17 October 2005), but as Mark Waddingham attempts to explain
> >> "This isn't actually a bug."
> >>
>
> > I see. I think I agree with Mark, but in any case it doesn't affect my
> > code. I always script the destroystack property specifically after
> > creating a new stack in code, and I almost always do it in a standalone
> > (to make a user prefs stack usually.) It's good to know about it though.
>
> You can also set the destroyStack of the templateStack before creating
> a script and get the same result. Still, I do wish stack creation
> would respect the IDE preferences setting so that we wouldn't end up
> with little surprises like this.
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
>  mwieder at ahsoftware.net
>
>
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