Mac OS X 10.9 - Cannot name project when building .shy

[tomkadwill]

When using the OS X app to 'Package my script (shy)' I cannot enter a Project Name, Version or Your Name. When I enter text and move to the next field, my test disappears.

Let me know if you need any more detail :)

[ccoupe]

Thats odd. Which version of Shoes are you using? If it's 3.2 you should have a Maintain Shoe link on the splash screen and from there you can get some build info. I just checked my OSX system and the build on 20140903 doesn't exhibit the problem you describe.

[tomkadwill]

Yes I am using 3.2, I've tested on two different machines (both OSX 10.9) and have the same problem on both. I'm also using 20140903.

I can actually create a package, I just can't give it a name, author, or version. It just assigns a default name shoes-3.2.15-osx-10.9.tgz

[ccoupe]

Very odd. That's Ruby code that hasn't been changed in ages. (Shoes.app/Contents/MacOS/lib/shy*.rb). One speculation is that perhaps Shoes doesn't like the UK keycodes. That sounds like crazy talk to me. Can you try some of the Samples from the manual (AndSoForth section) and enter text? Simple-controls should work.

[ccoupe]

Tom, are you tabbing to the next field in the Shy screen or clicking to the next field. Tab navigation (focus) is a problem on OSX (all Shoes actually but worse on OSX)

[tomkadwill]

@ccoupe I've tried tab navigation and clicking on the next field. Both methods result in the same bug. It is strange that it has broken when the code hasn't changed. Perhaps the latest version of OSX has broken it?

I've also noticed that Shoes is quite un-stable, its crashes and then has trouble starting up again. Perhaps this is also due to the latest OSX upgrade.

[ccoupe]

Tom, I'm seeing some weirdness too with the 3.2.15 download now (doesn't work at all). Give 3.2.14 a try at http://shoes.mvmanila.com/public/shoes/ That seems to work better.

[ccoupe]

Or the 3.2.16 beta in http://shoes.mvmanila.com/public/shoes/beta/ - don't the packaging features with
this one.

[tomkadwill]

Cool thanks. 3.2.14 worked for me but not 3.2.16 beta (just so you know). Thanks for the help! :)

[ccoupe]

Tom, I've taken another look at this issues. The latest Shoes 3.2.16 beta works ok for me. Do you have other versions of Shoes on your box(en)?

[SteamComputing]

3.2.16 seems to be broken on this.

Shoes.app do
  edit_line
  edit_line
end

If I enter something in the first field, then move to the 2nd. The string in the first field disappears. But the 3.2.15 build on Oct 24 seems to be fine. My OS is 10.10

[ccoupe]

@SteamComputing. Thanks for reporting and including an easy test case and work around. Thanks. Definitely a problem.

[ccoupe]

I found the problem. It will be fixed in 3.2.17. If you promise not to package things for Windows, you can get a beta with the fix from http://walkabout.mvmanila.com/public/shoes/shoes-3.2.17-osx-10.9.tgz