[Geany-Users] status bar and commands lock

[David Barnes]

By the way, only ONE session gets locked up. Never noticed more than one,
no matter how many more sessions or consoles are opened, or opened and
closed.

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 12:30 AM, David Barnes <dnsenrab at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 24 July 2017 at 06:33, David Barnes <dnsenrab at 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 at 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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>> >
>> >
>> >
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