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

[Jeff Young]

Paul --

Historically it was startup time.  We probably don't need it anymore
(startup has vastly improved), but you know how these things live on....

-- Jeff.


> -----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 11:36 PM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] 2.0a7 -- Hooray, it works!
> 
> 
> 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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