[APBeta] 2.0a7 -- Hooray, it works!

[Paul Rodman]

On Jun 16, 2008, at 15:31 , Jeff Young wrote:

> Paul --
>
>> So, if it's a "naked" process, how do you quit from it? Or do you  
>> just
>> leave it in memory until logoff/restart?
>
> Sadly, the later.   Which is one reason I don't recommend it unless it
> can't be avoided.

What was the reasoning? (If I might be so bold as to ask) The startup  
time?

> (Note: you can of course kill it in the Task Manager, but I'd guess  
> most
> people don't know that.)

Ow. That's like suggesting that a car owner can stop his car engine by  
cutting the fuel line. Or something.

Paul R.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
>> Paul Rodman
>> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:24 PM
>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0a7 -- Hooray, it works!
>>
>>
>> On Jun 16, 2008, at 12:51 , Jeff Young wrote:
>>
>>> I'd say go ahead and quit the app if you can figure out a way to
>>> handle
>>> the Catalog Manager issue.
>>
>> That's taken care of (well, there's still a few rough edges I'm
>> working on - particularly if you don't have a working Internet
>> connection).
>>
>>> For Acrobat (and Adobe Reader) we actually leave a process running
>>> with
>>> no window so that we can reconnect to it if you double-click another
>>> PDF.  But I'd only go that route if the app start-up time is too
> slow.
>>
>> So, if it's a "naked" process, how do you quit from it? Or do you  
>> just
>> leave it in memory until logoff/restart?
>>
>> Paul R.
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net
>>> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
>>>> Paul Rodman
>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:13 AM
>>>> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
>>>> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0a7 -- Hooray, it works!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 14, 2008, at 18:41 , Mark Huss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi Paul,
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll be greatly relieved to hear 'lucky 7' was the magic number
>>>>> here. :)
>>>>
>>>> No - it was fixing the bug on Friday 13th  :^)
>>>>
>>>> Actually, I'm not sure why your system didn't work. However, the
>>>> workaround should handle any situation.
>>>>
>>>>> Question: When I close the main window, the original dialog
> remains
>>>>> (open existing or new). Is this normal behavior?
>>>>
>>>> This is now standard behaviour, since there is no longer a "main
>>>> window" enclosing everything (i.e. plan documents). So when you
> close
>>>> the last window you have two options: close the entire app, or
> bring
>>>> up that dialog in order to keep going (since there's no longer any
>>>> way
>>>> of communicating with the windowless app. Although the startup time
>>>> is
>>>> quite snappy, I decided to do it that way. I could just let the
>>>> application quit when you close the last window.
>>>>
>>>> What says everyone?
>>>>
>>>> Note: Although it's probably a bit dodgy right now, I do plan to
> get
>>>> it working so that you can double click a plan document to open it.
>>>>
>>>> Paul R.
>>>>
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