[Geany] Crash in Windows and Recovery

[Bob Snyder]

Enrico Tröger wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:59:50 -0700, Bob wrote:
>
>   
>> Lex Trotman wrote:
>>     
>>> On 5 September 2010 04:54, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I have had Geany lock up solid a few times in Windows. This seems
>>>> to happen when I am trying to adjust the size of the Message Window
>>>> or the Sidebar. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be reproducible.
>>>> When it happens Geany's CPU usage goes to 100% and it is completely
>>>> unresponsive and will not repaint its window.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose this could just as likely be a problem with the GTK port
>>>> to Windows as with Geany, but I wondered if it has ever been seen
>>>> before. More importantly, when it happens, is there any way to
>>>> recover the changes I have made since the last save?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bob S.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> I can't help you directly, I don't use windows, but I'm sure it would
>>> help others to help you if you provided some info of which Geany, GTK
>>> and Glib version etc.  Use geany --verbose to get them.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Lex
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks for the polite reminder Lex. The problem is on my workstation
>> at work (I use Linux here at home), so I'll post the info on Tuesday.
>>     
>
> I'm afraid geany --version won't work on Windows. At least I think to
> remember the console output is omitted on the command line on Windows.
> But you could get the info also from the About dialog.
>
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>   

Well, --version didn't work, but --verbose did. Here's the relevant info:

Geany: Geany 0.19, GTK+ 2.16.6, GLib 2.20.5 (English_United States.1252)

Best Regards,
Bob