[Grace-core] Web-based compiler problems

[Andrew P. Black]

On 10 Dec 2013, at 00:12 , Michael Homer <mwh at ecs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote:

> 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/
>> 
>> 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


The whole point of the stub gtk that Jameson wrote over the summer is that teh same objectdraw library can be supported with both back-ends.   So I'm puzzled as to why its not supported.

	Andrew