"launch document" synchronous on Linux only?

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Thu Jan 24 13:37:52 EST 2013


On the 18th I wrote:

> I've somehow never noticed that on Linux the "launch document" command
> behaves synchronously, while it's not synchronous on Mac or IIRC on Windows.
>
> This winds up being especially bad for RunRev:  you can't use the IDE
> after choosing Help->User Guide.

I'm please to report that Ian at RunRev fixed this issue this morning by 
using a less GNOME-specific API so it should now work on a broader range 
of Linux systems:
<http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10649>

Thanks, Ian!

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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