crashes on switching screens

zipb's icon

I try to switch between 2 subpatchers in fullscreenmode. This is
really unstable on my 2 macs, max will crash very often.
Try this: switch back and forth between the 2 subpatchers a couple of
times (use the 1 and 2 keys on your keyboard).
Go back to the main patch by apple w-ing the subpatchers.. Try to
open (apple-doubleclick) one of the subpatchers. Crash. Closing (by
clicking the close button of the window) one of the subpatchers will
also quite often crash Max.

Can anyone else confirm this shaky behaviour?

X.4.6/Max4.5.7

I also had this behaviour in previous versions of Tiger and Max 4.5.

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Zip Boterbloem
Media Mechanics
Zwaluwstraat 54
2025 VR Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31627014758
zip@knoware.nl

Morten Elkjær's icon

I see your problem. I get the same result with your patch when trying to close the fullscreen windows.
Switching the fullscreen off before closing the subpatchers seems to fix the problem.
bang->fullscreen 0->wclose

Morten_E

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grg's icon

Am 14.05.2006 um 14:22 schrieb Zip Boterbloem:
> Can anyone else confirm this shaky behaviour?

Yes, same here. 10.3.9 / 4.5.7

Here is how I cope with my tiny ibook screen:

---------- goto.js ----------

inlets = 1;
outlets = 1;

function scroll(a)
{
        this.patcher.wind.scrollto(arguments[0],arguments[1]);
}

function msg_int(where)
{
        if (where == 1) {this.patcher.wind.scrollto(0,0)};
        if (where == 2) {this.patcher.wind.scrollto(1024,0)};
        if (where == 3) {this.patcher.wind.scrollto(0,768)};
        if (where == 4) {this.patcher.wind.scrollto(1024,768)};
}

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jln's icon

Really nice ! Great tip, thanks.

Julien.

zipb's icon

This helps a bit, but will not fix the problem entirely.

Best,

Zip Boterbloem
Media Mechanics
Zwaluwstraat 54
2025 VR Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31627014758
zip@knoware.nl

zipb's icon

I've tried this for a while(the fullscreen 0). This helps a bit, but
will not fix the problem entirely.

Best,

Zip Boterbloem
Media Mechanics
Zwaluwstraat 54
2025 VR Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31627014758
zip@knoware.nl

zipb's icon

Thanks. But these two screens are really for 2 separate modes: expert
& simple. That's why scrolling around 1 big screen feels awkward.

"the boxes always move a little , I don't know why );" Another
thing I don't like. It's really difficult to design a GUI in Max that
doesn't shift/change/looks different after a couple of changes
unrelated to the 'view'. Tried to solve that by using Flash for the
UI, but that was actually my worst idea in years.

Best,

Zip Boterbloem
Media Mechanics
Zwaluwstraat 54
2025 VR Haarlem
The Netherlands
+31627014758
zip@knoware.nl