Hi Sebastion, thanks for the feedback. Good to know that pspp needs a more recent X Server.
Friedrich > Am 07.11.2016 um 19:04 schrieb Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Friedrich > Just a quick heads up: today I updated to XQuartz 2.7.11 and the issue seems > to be resolved. > Best regards, > Sebastian > > > From: Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com> > Reply: Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com> > Date: 20 October 2016 at 19:05:21 > To: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> > Subject: Re: GUI window menus don't "open" (macOS) > >> Hi Friedrich >> >> I went from native 1280×800 to 1152×720. In that lower resolution the menus >> displayed normally. After switching back to the superior resolution the >> correct behavior was maintained until quitting XQuartz. >> >> I am quite positive that the flickering rectangles are misplaced vestiges of >> the not-appearing menus, as they show the very instance a menu title is >> triggered and have different widths analogous to the respective menus. >> (Regarding their height, I have the impression that they are cropped by the >> top boundary of the main window.) >> >> Best regards, >> Sebastian >> >> >> Sebastian Winkler >> R. Cap. Filipe Sousa 89-1 | 2500-140 Caldas da Rainha | Portugal >> fix: +351.262 092 250 | mobile: [pt]+351.934 414 733, [de]+49.15 140 357 453 >> >> From: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >> Reply: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >> Date: 19 October 2016 at 23:41:38 >> To: Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com> >> Cc: pspp-users <pspp-users@gnu.org> >> Subject: Re: GUI window menus don't "open" (macOS) >> >>> Hi Sebastian, >>> >>> thanks for your report. I think the flickering rectangle during startup is >>> the „startup screen“ which is supposed >>> to show up during program load. On my macbook this is also only a short >>> white rectangle. However your change >>> in screen resolution seems to be important. Could you tell me which screen >>> resolution you use >>> >>> a) The resolution which shows the problem >>> b) The resolution that you used to remove the problem >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Friedrich >>> >>> >>>> Am 19.10.2016 um 23:13 schrieb Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Hi Friedrich, >>>> I am now running Sierra, but the problem first surfaced under El Capitan >>>> (with both: 0.10.2 and 0.10.4). >>>> echo $LANG in Terminal yields an empty line. >>>> I deactivated pspp-devel and installed pspp, but the problem remains. >>>> But I found another interesting workaround (apart from installing a more >>>> recent version of Inkscape which may not at all times be so readily >>>> available): I noticed that PSPP’s main window would always be drawn >>>> partially off-screen. Also, there is a white, rectangular flickering, >>>> possibly the size of the menu, visible in the upper left corner of the >>>> screen, the first time I try to activate it. (After the first attempt, the >>>> flickering is reduced to the single uppermost left pixel of the screen.) >>>> So I thought that screen layout — I only use one screen — and size may be >>>> an issue and that PSPP was trying to draw the menus somewhere where they >>>> don’t belong. Anyway, I changed the screen resolution (to the next lower >>>> option) and that made the menus work correctly. And they continue to work >>>> after changing the resolution back, until quitting XQuartz. >>>> This finding also corroborates with the error messages I included in my >>>> first mail. >>>> I hope this is helpful. >>>> Best regards, >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>> >>>> Sebastian Winkler >>>> R. Cap. Filipe Sousa 89-1 | 2500-140 Caldas da Rainha | Portugal >>>> fix: +351.262 092 250 | mobile: [pt]+351.934 414 733, [de]+49.15 140 357 >>>> 453 >>>> >>>> From: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >>>> Reply: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >>>> Date: 19 October 2016 at 18:32:26 >>>> To: Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com> >>>> Cc: pspp-users <pspp-users@gnu.org> >>>> Subject: Re: GUI window menus don't "open" (macOS) >>>> >>>>> Hi Sebastian, >>>>> >>>>> thanks for trying the pspp stand-alone bundle. Could you tell me which >>>>> MacOS version >>>>> you run? I only tried this on ElCapitan and it would be interesting to >>>>> see how it works >>>>> on other MacOS Versions. >>>>> >>>>> Regarding the macports installation, could you maybe try >>>>> >>>>> echo $LANG >>>>> >>>>> in a terminal window, i.e. not in pspp? >>>>> >>>>> Could you uninstall pspp-devel and try the pspp package? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Friedrich >>>>> >>>>>> Am 19.10.2016 um 19:06 schrieb Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Friedrich, >>>>>> >>>>>> thank you answering. >>>>>> >>>>>> My setup uses the stand-alone XQuarz application [XQuartz 2.7.9 >>>>>> (xorg-server 1.17.4)]. (“port install pspp-devel” installed a whole >>>>>> bunch of xorg executables, but xorg-server is not among them.) >>>>>> “xlogo” logo launches said XQuarz installation, so it seems to be >>>>>> configured correctly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Before writing earlier today, I completely reinstalled MacPorts and also >>>>>> substituted the XQuarz installation from a fresh download. The problem >>>>>> has persisted between various reboots (and a major system upgrade). >>>>>> >>>>>> As for the language configuration, I have this curious output to offer: >>>>>> PSPP> echo $LANG >>>>>> .6-10: Fehler: ECHO: Syntax Fehler bei `$LANG': erwarte Zeichenkette. >>>>>> So $LANG seems to be undefined, but pspp speaks German anyway. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have since downloaded and tested your 0.10.2 stand-alone bundle which, >>>>>> comfortingly, works fine (including displaying in English). I had given >>>>>> up using the precompiled bundles as they had previously stopped being >>>>>> maintained. Anyway, I thus have working PSPP installation now, which >>>>>> does turn the case much less urgent. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> Sebastian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sebastian Winkler >>>>>> R. Cap. Filipe Sousa 89-1 | 2500-140 Caldas da Rainha | Portugal >>>>>> fix: +351.262 092 250 | mobile: [pt]+351.934 414 733, [de]+49.15 140 357 >>>>>> 453 >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >>>>>> Reply: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >>>>>> Date: 19 October 2016 at 16:31:54 >>>>>> To: Sebastian Winkler <segwink...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Cc: pspp-users@gnu.org <pspp-users@gnu.org> >>>>>> Subject: Re: GUI window menus don't "open" (macOS) >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Sebastian, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thanks for your problem report. I have just tried psppire from the >>>>>>> latest >>>>>>> installation of macports on my macbook pro. I have installed: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> xorg-server 1.18.4_1 >>>>>>> pspp 0.10.2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> both in the X11 variants from macports. I cannot see missing menus. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you maybe describe your setup in more detail? >>>>>>> Which version of the XServer are you using? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could you check the remarks in the section "Comparison to the MacPorts >>>>>>> pspp version“ >>>>>>> here: https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~beckmanf/pspp/ regarding the correct >>>>>>> setup of the >>>>>>> startup configuration? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regarding the language setting, could you tell us what >>>>>>> >>>>>>> echo $LANG >>>>>>> >>>>>>> shows as a result for your LANG environment variable? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Friedrich >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > Am 19.10.2016 um 13:44 schrieb Sebastian Winkler >>>>>>> > <segwink...@gmail.com>: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Greetings >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > In both, PSPP 0.10.2 and 0.10.4, the menus' contents on the data >>>>>>> > editor window are not displayed. >>>>>>> > Following messages keep reoccurring in the terminal output: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > (psppire:19211): Gtk-CRITICAL **: >>>>>>> > gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width: assertion 'width >= 0' >>>>>>> > failed >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > (psppire:19211): Gtk-WARNING **: Negative content width -11 >>>>>>> > (allocation 1, extents 6x6) while allocating gadget (node menuitem, >>>>>>> > owner GtkModelMenuItem) >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > (psppire:19211): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkAccelLabel 0x7f9b390ef1f0 >>>>>>> > attempted to adjust its size allocation from 29,1972632292 >>>>>>> > 1x986316136 to 29,-1829176943 1x14. adjust_size_allocation must keep >>>>>>> > allocation inside original bounds >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > This is occurring on macOS 10.12, but was manifest, before upgrading, >>>>>>> > on macOS 10.11, too. >>>>>>> > To test if all XQuartz applications were affected I installed a >>>>>>> > current version of Inkscape, which had the following curious effect: >>>>>>> > When launching PSPP directly after running Inkscape for the first >>>>>>> > time — which is said to perform some GUI optimizations — the menus >>>>>>> > all of a sudden did display fine. But after quitting and relaunching >>>>>>> > XQuartz, the previous behavior (no menus) resumed. Launching Inkskape >>>>>>> > again had no effect. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Another possibly unrelated point of curiosity is that psppire runs in >>>>>>> > German, which it has never done before — my system is running in >>>>>>> > English, although I have specified German as my second preferred >>>>>>> > language in the systems “International” preference pane. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I hope this is the right forum to post this sort of issues to, >>>>>>> > Otherwise, if you please, point me in the right direction. >>>>>>> > Thanks you all, >>>>>>> > Sebastian >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Sebastian Winkler >>>>>>> > R. Cap. 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