I also haven't been able to find any way, when opening a file, to
determine whether it will be opened in a new tab or a new window. This
wouldn't be such a big deal if it was possible to move documents into/out
of window tabs, but that doesn't seem to be possible either. This may be
part of this elusive middle-click menu, but I can't access it using the
trackpad on my MacBook...

It would also be nice to see some process separation between windows, so
that it's possible to have more than one preview/render operation running
at a time (especially considering that they are single-threaded, and thus
won't make use of multiple processor cores). I sometimes generate complex
files where these take a while, and it would be nice to be able to work on
another design in another window while I'm waiting for it (without
resorting to launching a second instance from the terminal).

I haven't checked these on the release candidate, since there isn't one
available for Mac yet, but I'm running a recent snapshot release, so I
assume these problems still exist.

On December 7, 2020 at 14:33:47, lar3ry (lar3ry@sasktel.net) wrote:

Just a few things that I noticed in the first few minutes.

Love the tabs.
However, I'd like to see...

1. A way to bring up a new tab
   (a) without opening a file. (oops... never mind! Discovered the mouse
   wheel click and menu Open File)
   (b) by dragging/dropping a .scad file (2019.05 opens a new window when I
   do that)
2. When you switch to another tab, change the preview/render pane, if not
   to
   what was in it on the tab you switched to, at least either clear it or
   make
   the background a different colour.
3. Same thing for when a tab is closed, but additionally, when the sole
   remaining tab is closed, I think the editor pane should not be hidden, but
   only cleared.

One thing missing that I use a lot... importing an STL file (I use
drag/drop), or is there a way to do that?

Looking good so far. Nice job, folks.

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I also haven't been able to find any way, when opening a file, to
determine whether it will be opened in a new tab or a new window. This
wouldn't be such a big deal if it was possible to move documents into/out
of window tabs, but that doesn't seem to be possible either. This may be
part of this elusive middle-click menu, but I can't access it using the
trackpad on my MacBook...

It would also be nice to see some process separation between windows, so
that it's possible to have more than one preview/render operation running
at a time (especially considering that they are single-threaded, and thus
won't make use of multiple processor cores). I sometimes generate complex
files where these take a while, and it would be nice to be able to work on
another design in another window while I'm waiting for it (without
resorting to launching a second instance from the terminal).

I haven't checked these on the release candidate, since there isn't one
available for Mac yet, but I'm running a recent snapshot release, so I
assume these problems still exist.

On December 7, 2020 at 14:33:47, lar3ry (lar3ry@sasktel.net) wrote:

Just a few things that I noticed in the first few minutes.

Love the tabs.
However, I'd like to see...

1. A way to bring up a new tab
   (a) without opening a file. (oops... never mind! Discovered the mouse
   wheel click and menu Open File)
   (b) by dragging/dropping a .scad file (2019.05 opens a new window when I
   do that)
2. When you switch to another tab, change the preview/render pane, if not
   to
   what was in it on the tab you switched to, at least either clear it or
   make
   the background a different colour.
3. Same thing for when a tab is closed, but additionally, when the sole
   remaining tab is closed, I think the editor pane should not be hidden, but
   only cleared.

One thing missing that I use a lot... importing an STL file (I use
drag/drop), or is there a way to do that?

Looking good so far. Nice job, folks.

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Clicking on OpenSCAD anywhere in the GUI on a Mac will bring forward the
existing process, not open a new instance. Creating a second instance can
only be done from the terminal, as I mentioned above. Opening a second
instance in the terminal gives you a second icon in the dock, and a second
process visible in Activity Monitor (the Mac equivalent of the window task
manager).

On December 7, 2020 at 15:22:34, Jordan Brown (
openscad@jordan.maileater.net) wrote:

On 12/7/2020 3:05 PM, Whosawhatsis wrote:

Sounds like it works differently on Windows. The Mac version treats all
windows as one process.

On December 7, 2020 at 15:04:33, nop head (nop.head@gmail.com) wrote:

I open separate windows if I want them to run independently and make use
of more cores. I use tabs if I want multiple views to share cache because
they are parts of the same project.

I don't have a current build installed, but I assume that it's pretty much
the same as it was last December...

If you open a new window using File/New Window, that new window belongs to
the same process.
If you open a new instance of OpenSCAD by hitting it in the start menu
again, it's a new process.

You can tell the difference by looking at Task Manager.

Clicking on OpenSCAD anywhere in the GUI on a Mac will bring forward the
existing process, not open a new instance. Creating a second instance can
only be done from the terminal, as I mentioned above. Opening a second
instance in the terminal gives you a second icon in the dock, and a second
process visible in Activity Monitor (the Mac equivalent of the window task
manager).

On December 7, 2020 at 15:22:34, Jordan Brown (
openscad@jordan.maileater.net) wrote:

On 12/7/2020 3:05 PM, Whosawhatsis wrote:

Sounds like it works differently on Windows. The Mac version treats all
windows as one process.

On December 7, 2020 at 15:04:33, nop head (nop.head@gmail.com) wrote:

I open separate windows if I want them to run independently and make use
of more cores. I use tabs if I want multiple views to share cache because
they are parts of the same project.

I don't have a current build installed, but I assume that it's pretty much
the same as it was last December...

If you open a new window using File/New Window, that new window belongs to
the same process.
If you open a new instance of OpenSCAD by hitting it in the start menu
again, it's a new process.

You can tell the difference by looking at Task Manager.

I also haven't been able to find any way, when opening a file, to
determine
whether it will be opened in a new tab or a new window. This wouldn't be
such a big deal if it was possible to move documents into/out of window
tabs, but that doesn't seem to be possible either. This may be part of
this
elusive middle-click menu, but I can't access it using the trackpad on my
MacBook...

It would also be nice to see some process separation between windows, so
that it's possible to have more than one preview/render operation running
at a time (especially considering that they are single-threaded, and thus
won't make use of multiple processor cores).