[texworks] We've reached r700+; please test

[Paul A Norman]

On 5 December 2010 00:24, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2010-12-04 10:42, Paul A Norman wrote:
>> Sorry to be a bearer of these things ...  (was 701 compiled under
>> Windows - don't know if it matter or not just wondering?)
>
> Well, someone has to be ;).
> Yeah, 701 is available from both GC and my page. Later versions are not
> up there yet, as I hope to get in a few more changes and then rebuild
> only once.
>
>> Ok I'm getting some crashes and freezes under build 701
>
> I basically have one question regarding all scripting-related stuff: how
> did you obtain your 701 build? If you built it yourself, and include
> plugins (as it seems from the MS error dump you provided), you need to
> rebuild those plugins as well (otherwise, they are trying to access
> things that have changed, which easily causes problems and crashes).
>

I got it from a reputable supplier I know down the road they've been
in the business for a while I think, I've had a few good downloads
form there from time to time ;-)

http://code.google.com/p/texworks/downloads/list

>> 1. I think this was covered by someone else earlier - but in case
>> still relevant  - Windows Xp SP3 Tw File Open takes up to ten or even
>> more seconds to present the dialogue box.
>
> Yes, this was reported before, but I was under the impression that this
> commonly occurred on Vista and later? Also, this should be a first-time
> problem (i.e., when you use "Open" again it should be fixed)? Also note
> that the reason why this was changed in the first place was that the Qt
> dialog provided enhanced functionality over the XP native dialog.
> This may be related to how you obtained Tw, however, so I'll wait for
> the answer to that.
>

As above.

> HTH
> Stefan
>