[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1554: wxGUI Cartographic Composer: preview broken on Windows

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#1554: wxGUI Cartographic Composer: preview broken on Windows
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 Reporter:  martinl                                 |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                                  |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  critical                                |   Milestone:  6.4.3                    
Component:  wxGUI                                   |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  cartographic composer, psmap, wingrass  |    Platform:  MSWindows XP             
      Cpu:  Unspecified                             |  
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Comment(by wenzeslaus):

 Replying to [comment:15 annakrat]:
 > Replying to [comment:14 hamish]:
 > > Replying to [comment:13 martinl]:
 > > > one note: I would expect that when switching to 'preview' mode,
 > > > the preview is automatically generated. At this moment it's
 > > > generated only when the button is pushed.
 >
 > I am not sure about that. Switching tabs usually does nothing in most
 applications.
 > Also to generate the picture is quite time-consuming and I think users
 don't mind waiting after pressing button 'run' but they might be surprised
 by waiting after switching tabs.
 >
 Maybe there is one (for programmer) complicated and (for user) unclear way
 to deal with generation. Start a timer after switching a tab and after a
 while if the tab is still active start with generation.

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