[racket] DRRacket right-click menu fragility in Linux.

From: Laurent (laurent.orseau at gmail.com)
Date: Wed May 1 04:14:55 EDT 2013

"Rename identifier" at least, and also those like "go to definition", "open
defining file", and maybe "go to next/previous occurrence".

Thank you very much!
Laurent


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu>wrote:

> Hi, sorry for the delayed response. I'll push an additional keybinding
> (c:x;m for rename identifier). Which other ones are you missing?
>
> Sorry I don't have any leads on why popup menus still aren't working.
>
> Robby
>
>
> On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Laurent wrote:
>
>> Didn't try, but if I disable syntax check, the tooltips don't show, so I
>> guess it's the same.
>> I correct my previous answer: disabling syntax-check helps a little, but
>> the mouse pointer must not move during the whole click (which is quite
>> difficult on my touchpad).
>> The menu stays longer, but still randomly disappears after some mouse
>> moves.
>>
>> Do you want me to try the patch anyway?
>>
>> In case this bug is not resolved, would it be possible to have the same
>> bindings in a regular window menu?
>> (Or at list could you tell me what the bindings are so that I can make a
>> plugin script?)
>>
>> Laurent
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Robby Findler <
>> robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>
>> This disables check syntax tooltips. Does that help?
>>
>> --- a/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt
>> +++ b/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt
>> @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ If the namespace does not, they are colored the
>> unbound color.
>>
>>              ;; syncheck:add-mouse-over-status : text pos-left pos-right
>> string -> void
>>              (define/public (syncheck:add-mouse-over-status text pos-left
>> pos-right str)
>> -              (when arrow-records
>> +              (when (and #f arrow-records)
>>                  (add-to-range/key text pos-left pos-right
>>                                    (make-tooltip-info text pos-left
>> pos-right str)
>>                                    #f #f)))
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Laurent <laurent.orseau at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> Yes, apparently.
>>
>> In DrRacket, deactivating syntax check does not change the problem.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Robby Findler <
>> robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>
>> If you run "gracket" does the right click menu work better there?
>>
>> Robby
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Laurent <laurent.orseau at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> Are there any news about that bug? I miss the right-click menu very
>> much...
>>
>> Laurent
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Neil Toronto <neil.toronto at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> Could what you're experiencing have anything to do with tooltips? It
>> seems my right-click menu doesn't stay up whenever there's a tooltip out.
>> Which is, like, every time I want it.
>>
>> Neil ⊥
>>
>>
>> On 12/04/2012 07:55 PM, Ray Racine wrote:
>>
>> Yea, I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but the up/down button
>> change did not fix the issue.   In fact I'd say no impact positive or
>> negative.
>>
>> It seems to happen when there is additional drawing 'complexity' in
>> co-occurrence with the pop up drawing area.  I.e. the pop up menu is
>> drawing where arrows are drawn or error highlighting is occurring etc.
>> Also maybe when the pop up menu area is near the 'edge' of the Dr window
>> and or pane area.  But again the problem is not consistently
>> reproducible yet happens more often then not.  Its not a once in a blue
>> moon that thing.  Sometimes an attempt to right click pop up  menu will
>> fail numerous times in a row then succeed for no apparent reason.
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2012 9:07 PM, "Robby Findler" <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu
>> <mailto:robby at eecs.**northwestern.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Stephen Chang <stchang at ccs.neu.edu
>>
>>
>>
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