Yep. If I start a console from a geany session, that 'process busy' indicator will show up - somewhere. I open at least three sessions anytime I work. Any one of them may have that indicator, and consequently, the build menu greyed out. When I close the console, it clears.

A typical project session will have files sourced from as many as four different directories. That means, I might want to open 4 consoles, though usually it is just 2.
For most sessions, I automatically open 2 consoles. Since this can lock one geany build menu in some **other** geany session on a different desktop, I would have to close all the consoles to find the offender. That could be ten consoles to drop before I find which is the problem.

This was not a problem in the past. I never saw that indicator in the past.

Now - this is a deal breaker.

Can that process busy indicator be supressed?

David

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Lex Trotman <elextr@gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 July 2017 at 06:33, David Barnes <dnsenrab@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply.
>
>
> It looks like it may be sitting and waiting when I open a console from a
> build command button I made - sometimes. (I think I made it happen once a
> moment ago.)
>
> I typically start an edit session with a script that opens from 4 to 6 geany
> projects on different screens, with up to 3 other terminals/file managers
> open on a single desktop with geany. So ... minimum 4 geany sessions with
> 50+ (remote) files total + 7 consoles + 2 file managers with one script.
> Rarely have a problem. Some of my edit profiles are much larger.
>
>
> My console command ( is:
>
> [build-menu]
> NF_03_LB=console
> NF_03_CM=lxterminal --geometry=130x30& --working-directory=%d
> NF_03_WD=
>
>
> Can something be used or option set, like a '&' in a script, to have geany
> NOT wait for a response?
>

You just make your command spawn the terminal and return to Geany
without waiting.

Cheers
Lex

>
>
> David
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Matthew Brush <mbrush@codebrainz.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> On 2017-07-23 09:16 AM, David Barnes wrote:
>>>
>>> Started recently (during last 12 months, perhaps.)
>>>
>>> At times, a side-scrolling status indicator pops up on status bar.
>>> When this is present, all commands in build menu are greyed out.
>>>
>>> **I can find no description of this status indicator.**
>>> The only way to clear it is to close geany.
>>> Closing the file or the project doesn't clear it.
>>>
>>> Closing all other instances of geany does not clear it.
>>>
>>> The files are on a networked drive. I have persistent connections. I have
>>> all permissions.
>>>
>>> I am able to edit, and save a file while in this condition.
>>>
>>> This only happens occasionally, but means I must close down in the middle
>>> of work
>>> when I may have multiple files setup to make a set of changes.
>>>
>>> This is true for several machines I use.
>>>
>>> example pics attached
>>>
>>
>> I believe that progress bar only appears while Geany is running a
>> subprocess. It sounds like you're starting a build command that never exits.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Matthew Brush
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