Rearranging External Tools erases tool data

[Akiva Levy]

Binary package hint: gedit

When I go to the External Tools window and I am presented with the panel of current External Tools on the left pane, if I should decide to rearrange them (to change the order shown to choose from, for instance) it removes all the data from the commands and leaves me with empty tool entries. For example, I move the entry "Beautify PHP" up to the top of the list. When I close the window and load it up again, I usually see my tool renamed to "beautiful-php" and all of the commands, description, etc. are reverted to blank entries.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.
 We have instructions on debugging some types of problems. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures
At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
4. a screenshot of the window you're seeing.
Thanks!

[Akiva Levy (deselect-gmail)]

Hello,

I apologise for being vague... It was not my intention.

Steps are as follows:
I open GEdit -> Tools -> External Tools
In the left hand pane, where I see the titles of all 'installed' external
tools, I noticed I can rearrange the items to show up in such order within
the Tools main tool bar list.
I select an item in the list of external tools installed, let's say Build.
When I drag and drop it in the new order desired within the list, let's say
'New 1' and drag it elsewhere, let's say AFTER 'New 2', I instantly can
verify (by clicking on 'New 1') that all the details on the right side of
the window, showing the commands, etc. are clear.
If I close the Tools window and reopen it, I now see 'New 1' showing up as
'new-1', still without any data on the details of the tool. 'New 2' and any
other external tools are perfectly fine and still functional.
Also, as it turns out, no matter how I choose to rearrange the listing with
the Tools -> External Tools option, it doesn't actually effect the order
they show up in the window Tools. Ha!

So, I expected: A) that rearranging the listings in Tools -> External Tools
actually rearranged the list of tools within the Tools drop down; and, B)
that by doing so (moving a listing in the order of the External Tools right
pane) it not remove all data relevant to that entry.

If a screenshot is still desired, I can send one, but I think it's simple
and clear enough that one is not necessary.

Thanks,

A

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't
> include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report
> bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/bugs.html>.
> We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of
> the problem.
> We have instructions on debugging some types of problems.
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures
> At a minimum, we need:
> 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the
> problem,
> 2. the behavior you expected, and
> 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
> 4. a screenshot of the window you're seeing.
> Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Rearranging External Tools erases tool data
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295754
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "gedit" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gedit
>
> When I go to the External Tools window and I am presented with the panel of
> current External Tools on the left pane, if I should decide to rearrange
> them (to change the order shown to choose from, for instance) it removes all
> the data from the commands and leaves me with empty tool entries. For
> example, I move the entry "Beautify PHP" up to the ...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is an upstream one and should be sent on bugzilla.gnome.org where the people writting the software will read it

[Akiva Levy (deselect-gmail)]

Sorry, but I am unsure as to what you mean?

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:

> the issue is an upstream one and should be sent on bugzilla.gnome.org
> where the people writting the software will read it
>
> ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => New
>
> --
> Rearranging External Tools erases tool data
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295754
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "gedit" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gedit
>
> When I go to the External Tools window and I am presented with the panel of
> current External Tools on the left pane, if I should decide to rearrange
> them (to change the order shown to choose from, for instance) it removes all
> the data from the commands and leaves me with empty tool entries. For
> example, I move the entry "Beautify PHP" up to the top of the list. When I
> close the window and load it up again, I usually see my tool renamed to
> "beautiful-php" and all of the commands, description, etc. are reverted to
> blank entries.
>

--
Akiva Levy, founder of Six Thirteen Design
http://sixthirteendesign.com/

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

it means that you need to send this to bugzilla.gnome.org, for forwarding instructions please have a look to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME ; thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Any news on this? Is that still not working ? did you sent the bug upstream or should we go ahead and close this report?

[Akiva Levy (deselect-gmail)]

I am sorry, I became too busy to figure out where to report it and actually
ended up switching to an IDE to program due to this and a number of other
frustrating bugs with GEdit. I love its simplicity and speed, but there were
many issues. Then again, I wasn't using the latest release as I was using
the version in the Ubuntu universe.

Thanks,

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Any news on this? Is that still not working ? did you sent the bug
> upstream or should we go ahead and close this report?
>
> ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Rearranging External Tools erases tool data
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295754
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "gedit" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gedit
>
> When I go to the External Tools window and I am presented with the panel of
> current External Tools on the left pane, if I should decide to rearrange
> them (to change the order shown to choose from, for instance) it removes all
> the data from the commands and leaves me with empty tool entries. For
> example, I move the entry "Beautify PHP" up to the top of the list. When I
> close the window and load it up again, I usually see my tool renamed to
> "beautiful-php" and all of the commands, description, etc. are reverted to
> blank entries.
>

--
Akiva Levy, founder of Six Thirteen Design
http://sixthirteendesign.com/

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

closing the bug then since it wasn' confirmed by anybody else than the reporter and was unable to reproduce it, thanks.