[softwarelist] Re: 32-bit OPro applets.

  • From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:14:27 GMT

On 2 Nov 2014  Steve Fryatt <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2 Nov, David Pilling wrote in message
>     <5456A1A1.5000209@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>> On 02/11/2014 20:27, Peter Young wrote:
>>
>>> has been raised that one of my applets might not be 32-bit, and I do
>>> have quite a few applets. In particular, it's been suggested that the
>>> applet that produces the menu Picture > Process could be the culprit. I
>>> didn't think that was produced by and applet, but the suggestion came
>>> from someone whose opinion I respect. I can't find any applet that looks
>>> as if it would produce this item; can anyone enlighten me, please?
>> 
>> It is the colour supplement applet ColSup.
>> 
>> I've read the ARM Mini list posting, "too unstable to use on Beagle", my
>> usual excuse, if no one reports bugs they don't get fixed.

> Hmm. Try <mpro.mqysxv09n0pnk01ok.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and the
> subsequent thread.

NetSurf says "cannot be framed".

>> Which implies Colour Sup 1.17 was re-compiled for ARM v7, so if you have
>> that version it should be OK.

> I have that version, and the other stated ARMv7 OK bits and pieces. O-Pro is
> still pretty much guaranteed to fall over within minutes if I apply
> processing to an ArtWorks image. It dies randomly, but much less frequently,
> at other times as well.

> I've done the DDL thing more times than I care to remember.

> I'm afraid that disinterested tone of <vVmca0Egcl$RFwTp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> made me decide that it wasn't worth pursuing a solution (something that
> would be nigh-on impossible without the assistance of the developer, I
> suspect).

This, and David's reply, are faintly depressing, I'm afraid. I must 
look up what the ColSup applet does. As I very rarely use graphics in 
OPro, would there be any harm in disabling it? I can always enable it 
again if need be.

Best wishes,

Peter.

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