[plt-scheme] Re: new bug test results for the intermittent file explorer hanging problem previously reported

On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:31:15 -0600, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:

>As a workaround until that time, try running this in DrScheme. It
>should change your file dialog boxes to use Scheme-implemented ones
>that probably don't suffer from this problem (they are completely
>different, tho).
>
>You may need to restart drscheme.
>
>---- cut here ----
>#lang scheme
>(require framework)
>(preferences:set 'framework:file-dialogs 'common)
>---- cut here ----

Yes, this is wonderful!  Indeed, DrScheme doesn't hang in your
Scheme-implemented file explorer dialog box.

Now I can finally concentrate!  Thank you very much, Robby!

-- Benjamin L. Russell

>
>hth,
>Robby
>
>2009/12/9 Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu>:
>> It seems likely to me that DrScheme is doing something wrong here,
>> probably in the way it uses threads to keep the event loop for the file
>> dialog separate from DrScheme's main event loop.
>>
>> Benjamin: I very much appreciate your detailed bug report.
>> Unfortunately, I've never found the time (including tracking down the
>> right version of Windows) to investigate this further.
>>
>> Currently, I'm looking to the MrEd re-write the way to address this
>> problem. In the short run, the rewrite will create entirely new
>> problems, but I think we at least know better how to handle event loops
>> and avoid the problem that is likely behind the file-dialog bug. I just
>> need about 3 more months...
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>> At Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:01:13 +0100, Laurent wrote:
>>> Apparently Windows is to blame indeed.
>>> However it's strange that for me this bug only occurs in DrScheme and in no
>>> other app that I have.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 17:20, Thomas Holubar <scheme at phirho.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Benjamin!
>>> >
>>> > If I am not mistaken the Dialog you're referring to is a native system
>>> > dialog. So the problem would be a Windows responsibility.
>>> >
>>> > Actually I've had (and sporadically have) similar issues with the Windows
>>> > explorer. If you search for <Windows explorer not responding> on the web
>>> > you'll see that this is quite common.
>>> >
>>> > HTH,
>>> > Thomas
>>> >
>>> >
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