Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Mark Rivers" <[email protected]> · Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:30:02 -0600

But then we were told a few weeks ago that EDM will never run on
Windows, which medm at least does.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Norum [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:21 PM
To: Mark Rivers
Cc: EPICS tech-talk
Subject: Re: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X

AFAIK it's been that way ever since MEDM has run on a Mac.  This is
clearly an issue with the OS X X11 server, but I don't have any idea how
to fix it.  I just live with using the right-click method to place
components.
:-(

It's traditional at this point in the discussions that I express the
hope that the Qt version of EDM will return to active
development/support, but that's another issue.  Oh, and that the
adl->edl converter get some attention too.......

On Jan 6, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Mark Rivers wrote:

> OK, so the problem is with the X server, not the client, since that
> behaviour does not occur when displaying MEDM from the other platform
on
> Linux or Windows, right?  Do you know when the problem started?  I am
> not a Mac user, but Lewis Muir and Eric Norum are, so maybe they have
> some ideas?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Stein [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:10 PM
> To: Mark Rivers
> Cc: EPICS tech-talk
> Subject: Re: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X
> 
> Good question Mark, and I should have pointed this out before...
> 
> Running MEDM on other platforms while exporting the display back to my

> Mac produces identical results (e.g. those specific buttons are still 
> non-functional).
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Rivers wrote:
>> Can you isolate the problem to the X server or client?  What happens
> if
>> you run the same version of medm on a Linux system and display on
your
>> Mac, or run medm on your Mac and display on Linux or Windows? 
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Stein
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:02 PM
>> To: EPICS tech-talk
>> Subject: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X
>> 
>> Ok, we're having an odd problem here at APS which has myself and
> others 
>> scratching our heads.
>> 
>> When running MEDM on my Mac (OS X - Leopard) I am able to open and 
>> execute existing screens, but when I try to add an object (using the 
>> object pallet) things get bizarre. I am unable to successfully
> interact 
>> with any of the object buttons within the palette (so, for example,
if
> I
>> 
>> wanted to place a static rectangle using the drawing object, I cannot

>> seem to get that button to "press"). All buttons within the object 
>> palette are similarly crippled.
>> 
>> Other uses of the mouse button within MEDM seem fine - for example
> when 
>> a screen is operating and connected to PVs, I can click on related 
>> displays, or other controllers and have them function properly.
>> 
>> Furthermore the other two palette types (Resource and Color) function
>> fine.
>> 
>> I realize I can place objects by right-clicking on the display - but 
>> something has changed recently, as I've traditionally always used the

>> object palette.
>> 
>> Any ideas? Our Mac people have tried differing versions of the OS
with
> 
>> no difference noted.
>> 
>> --Josh
>> 
>> 

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Eric Norum
[email protected]

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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