[Qgis-developer] Composer grid issue

[John C. Tull]

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