[plt-scheme] editor lockup in embedded editor-snip%

From: Jordan Johnson (jmj at fellowhuman.com)
Date: Fri Aug 21 04:49:07 EDT 2009

OK -- yeah, I didn't want to send out the whole thing unless needed,  
but here is a link to a version I've winnowed down to about half the  
program size, but that still exercises the bug:
	http://www.fellowhuman.com/scheme/annotated-snip/

I've been reproducing it by
	1) putting the annotated-snip/ dir in my library path
	2) "setup-plt'ing" it.
	3) running DrScheme (using current nightly build, 4.2.1.7-svn20aug2009)
	4) Insert menu -> Insert Annotated Code Box
	5) right-click the code box's bitmap -> Hide program text
	6) right-click the code box's bitmap -> Show program text

...after which I can no longer type into the snip's upper text  
editor.  (Yes, since my original post I've noticed in playing around  
further that it isn't even necessary to click "Run" to exercise this  
bug; merely hiding and showing the editor suffices.)

Once again, many thanks for your time.

Best,
jmj

On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Robby Findler wrote:

> That code by itself isn't enough for me to see what's wrong and you
> could certainly be running across a bug elsewhere in the system. The
> most useful thing would be a (small!) program that illustrated the
> problem, but if you can't seem to narrow down, send along what you've
> got and I'll have a look.
>
> Robby
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Jordan Johnson<jmj at fellowhuman.com>  
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The annotated-code snip I've been working on is now working (thanks  
>> in large
>> part to help from Matthew & Robby), with the exception of one bug  
>> that has
>> me baffled.  I suspect it involves the locking that happens in
>> embedded-gui/aligned-pasteboard.
>>
>> The bug:  If I have a snip in the Definitions editor and click  
>> "Run" while
>> the snip's code-view (defined below) is hidden, it becomes  
>> impossible to
>> edit the text in the code-editor (also defined below).  By this I  
>> mean that
>> when I click or tab into the code editor, the cursor does not  
>> appear, and
>> typing has no effect.  Further, this only happens when the editor  
>> is not
>> visible.
>>
>> Here is the relevant code:
>>
>> ;;;;;;;;;
>> ;; anno-snip% is my snip's class.
>>
>> ;; code-editor is an instance of a subclass of
>> ;;  ((drscheme:unit:get-program-editor-mixin) (tabbable-text-mixin
>> scheme:text%))
>> ;; that caches the result of (scheme:text-balanced? this) for display
>> purposes.
>>
>> ;; anno-editor is an instance of (tabbable-text-mixin scheme:text%).
>>
>> ;; The following is from the definition of a subclass of
>> ;; aligned-pasteboard% that is the editor for an anno-snip%:
>>
>>      (set-tabbing code-editor anno-editor)
>>
>>      ;;;;;;; Container snips for the two editors:
>>      (define val (new vertical-alignment% [parent this]))
>>      ;; Container for the code editor.  I'm using this for the  
>> ability to
>>      ;; show/hide the editor:
>>      (define code-view (new vertical-alignment%
>>                             [parent val]
>>                             [show? #f]))
>>
>>      ;; Installs stretchable editor snips, if none are already  
>> installed,
>>      ;; to contain the code and anno editors.
>>      ;; (Does nothing if they already are installed, and returns #f.)
>>      ;; Returns #t if successful.
>>      (define (init-snips)
>>        (if (not (or (find-owner-snip code-editor)
>>                     (find-owner-snip anno-editor)))
>>            (let ([code-snip (new stretchable-editor-snip%
>>                                  [editor code-editor]
>>                                  [with-border? #t]
>>                                  [min-width MIN-TEXT-WIDTH])]
>>                  [anno-snip (new stretchable-editor-snip%
>>                                  [editor anno-editor]
>>                                  [with-border? #f]
>>                                  [min-width MIN-TEXT-WIDTH])])
>>              (make-object snip-wrapper% code-view code-snip)
>>              (make-object hline% code-view)
>>              (make-object snip-wrapper% val anno-snip)
>>              #t)
>>            #f))
>>
>>      (init-snips)
>>
>>      ;;;;;;;;; Interface for showing/hiding code ;;;;;;;;;
>>      (define showing-code #f)
>>
>>      (define/public (showing-code?)
>>        showing-code)
>>      (define/public (show-code on/off)
>>        (send code-view show on/off)
>>        (set! showing-code on/off))
>>
>> ;;;;;;;;; end of program excerpt.
>>
>> I have verified that the code-editor is *not* locked for writing,  
>> reflowing,
>> or reading.  Having looked at snip-wrapper.ss and aligned- 
>> pasteboard.ss in
>> embedded-gui/private/, I am guessing something in the code-editor's  
>> or
>> code-snip's state isn't getting properly restored when it is  
>> reinserted by
>> show/hide (in snip-wrapper.ss), but I don't know what that piece of  
>> state
>> would be.  Any pointers?
>>
>> Oh, and here's an extra question that may be related:  How can I  
>> give the
>> caret to the code editor upon calling (show-code true)?  Calling
>> set-caret-owner on the code-snip's snip-admin doesn't seem to work.
>>
>> Thanks again for your help.
>>
>> Best,
>> jmj
>>
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