Fwd: [Qgis-developer] Composer grid issue

[John C. Tull]

Marco,

Based on my current testing, it seems that the behavior of auto-hiding/ 
minimizing of existing composer windows in opened project files is  
leading to the gui issues in Qt-4.6-cocoa and OS X. Would it be  
possible to simlpy not auto-hide that window when a project file is  
opened?

Perhaps even an OS or qt version test (QT_MAC_USE_COCOA?) could cause  
this to be skipped. I'm hoping that the tabbed interface idea that Tim  
mentioned will come about. That may be the cure-all that can overcome  
some of the general awkwardness of the current setup.

Thanks,
John

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "John C. Tull" <jctull at gmail.com>
> Date: October 30, 2009 10:42:30 AM PDT
> To: Marco Hugentobler <marco at hugis.net>
> Cc: qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Composer grid issue
>
> Marco,
>
> On Oct 30, 2009, at 3:22 AM, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
>
>>> For some reason, my old project now crashes if I try to open in  
>>> qgis.
>>> I suspect this might be from changes in the composer structure for  
>>> qgs
>>> files, but not certain.
>>
>> Oh, this should not happen. Project reading should be backwards  
>> compatible.
>> Unfortunately, it does not crash with my test projects. Could you  
>> send me the
>> project file for testing?
>
> The crashing issue may be specific to that project, perhaps a  
> symbology issue. I was able to open several other project files  
> without crashing, but a new and more serious issue has arisen. Now,  
> opening the a project brings a map composer window to the screen as  
> well as the canvas. This composer window cannot be minimized or  
> closed. Worse, it causes Mac OS X Finder, Dock, and Spaces to all  
> cease functioning. Essentially, it paralyzes the OS X gui. Quitting  
> qgis does not fix this. The only solution I have found is to logout  
> and log back in to restore gui functionality.
>
> I should add that I am using qt-4.6-beta, so it would be great if  
> another Mac user with a more conservative qt environment could test  
> this and see if it happens for them. The key is having an existing  
> qgis project.
>
> Beyond that, I do not have much information to provide that may help  
> uncover this. We can try to work on this off-list if you would like.
>
> Regards,
> John

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