[Grace-core] Web-based compiler problems

[Kim Bruce]

On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:53 PM, James Noble <kjx at ecs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote:

>> I just loaded it fine under FireFox.  It apparently is a Safari problem.
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> I'm on Safari 6.1 on 10.8.5. generally the examples seem to work OK.

Can you try to load objectdraw.grace from the Objectdraw2013 folder?
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>> Another Safari problem is that the console output does not appear in the bottom left of the window, making the implementation pretty useless on Safari.
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> it starts at the top left, scrolls down to the bottom, then keeps on going...

I did create a different error (on purpose) and it does show up below the text pane.  The odd thing about objectdraw is that nothing shows up.  I did like how in the old version it told you what you were doing so you knew if it was still compiling.
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>> We should either fix it or put a warning in the paper that it does not work properly in Safari.
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> earlier versions had a "don't use Safari" overlay so they wouldn't run.
> we could put up a warning, but it's better if it runs there and elsewhere. 
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>> I hope the gtk material can be integrated into the main web-based stream relatively soon as the lack means I can't use it for most of my demos where I am doing graphical applications using the objectdraw library.
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> Alex and Scott are working on a graphics layer will run on both gtk/C and DOM/JS. 
> The hope to have something to show Andrew tomorrow or friday.
> I think the plan is to move objectdraw over to that substrate.

That would be fine.  The key for me is to have a stable platform for teaching.  I was trying to set up some demos for class tomorrow and each platform was having its own issues.  I could get dialects working on one but not another, get objectdraw on the other but not the first, so in the end everything had to be a compromise!
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>> Kim
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>> On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:12 AM, Michael Homer <mwh at ecs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Kim Bruce <kim at cs.pomona.edu> wrote:
>>>> I'm preparing a Grace demo for class on Wednesday, but the web-based compiler/editor is acting up.  I am using the one at http://homepages.ecs.vuw.ac.nz/~mwh/minigrace/js/
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>>>> I can load many files, but not objectdraw.grace from the directory Objectdraw2013 in the repository.  When I try, no new tab appears.  Is this because gtk is not supported in that version of the compiler?  If that is the problem, it would be nice if there were an error message.
>>> It is certainly not supported. I don't think that is the particular
>>> problem, though, since it wouldn't find that out until after the tab
>>> had opened. I can't tell you what it might be unless you provide the
>>> console output, though. The file loads fine for me.
>>> -Michael
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