On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 22:36:37 -0400 Lewis wrote:
>
>Hi, Gregg...
>
>On 09/13/20 10:30 pm, Gregg Young wrote:
>>Hi Lewis
>>
>>I thought I responded to this but can find it. So sorry if you get 2
>>responses.
>
>Miracle of the internet: your post from one hour earlier just showed up
>as this one did. Go figure.
>
>>>On 09/13/20 03:05 pm, Gregg Young wrote:
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I managed to break grouping and it took forever for me to find the
>>>>issue. That is now fixed. I have cleaned up the layout of all the
>>>>dialogues and I think I have the language stuff working everywhere.
>>>>
>>>>This should fix Lewis' "Priority" issue except when a VDM is labeled
>>>>"Default" instead of VDM. There is probably nothing I can do in this
>>>>case. It should also fix Alfred's issue with tile and cascade. It
>>>>also
>>>>fixes the clipped text in the popup (here at least).
>>>>
>>>Confirmed that this seems to be working as expected for DOS sessions
>>>(half a dozen tested) and Win-OS/2 sessions, as well. Kudos. I haven't
>>>looked closely at Alfredo's tile and cascade issue (I've been meaning
>>>to
>>>do that, but have been busy).
>>The cascade and tile issue like the priority issue depend on the flags
>>set by the program and will only be as good as the flags set. If what I
>>have done still leaves problems I will need copies of any programs that
>>fail to behave as expected so I can see their flags. some may not be
>>fixable without breaking this for programs that should be supported.
>>
>>>I'll add a brief note to the help concerning priority as it pertains
>>>to
>>>DOS and Win-OS/2 sessions.
>>>
>>>>As for reduce desktop The following is from the XWP help.
>>>>"Do not use this setting on the XCenter if you have the corresponding
>>>>WarpCenter setting enabled also. The XCenter cannot check for whether
>>>>the WarpCenter has this enabled as well, and this will probably lead
>>>>to
>>>>problems."
>>>>I would think the same applies to lSwitcher and as such recommend
>>>>against using it on both at the same time.
>>>>
>>>I would concur that this seems a reasonable assumption.
>>>
>>>>Alfred I am aware you had some other requests. If you want me to
>>>>consider them please add tickets for them.
>>>>
>>>>I can't reproduce Lewis' tooltip issue (didn't try with RC7) with the
>>>>attached RC8 code. Thanks
>>>>
>>>Seems fixed in RC8.
>>>
>>>Switching languages, saving, opening Properties, and switching back
>>>seems to leave me in a spot where I can't get the properties notebook
>>>to
>>>open again. Closing and re-launching lSwitcher returns the notebook to
>>>proper operation.
>>>
>>>Titlebar text is legible when changing language to a different
>>>CP, however, the taskbar context menu is not. This requires a
>>>Close/re-launch of lSwitcher, which may not be unexpected.
>>Switching languages without a restart is basically undefined. It
>>may work (or seem to work) in some cases. The expectation is that
>>the program will be restarted after a language change. Because of
>>the Xcenter widget this is not something I can gracefully implement
>>automatically. Thanks
>>
>
>Currently, I have the help stating that an lSwitcher restart is
>necessary when changing languages. So, what's the recommended procedure
>for the XCenter? Just close it and re-open, or does it actually require
>a desktop restart to reload the hook dll? I'll adjust the help as
>necessary.
Just closing xCenter and reopening seems to work fine. The hook hasn't been updated in 2.92. Thanks
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