[ltk-user] reader error using menus on OS X

[Zdenek Eichler]

Hi Phil,
I had same problem years ago. It happen  to me when i move with cursor  
when clicking on menuitem. If cursor is stopped, it work. Is it the  
same in your case? I have patch for this. This is specific error in  
TCL/TK aqua on intel mac.

If you need this patch, just tell.

Zdenek Eichler

On Dec 27, 2008, at 1:30 AM, Phil Armitage wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been having a problem on OS X whereby selecting menu options
> (either top level menus or pop-up menus) would throw random, but very
> regular, reader errors "comma not inside a backquote". At first I
> thought this was just my code but having ran (ltk:ltktest), I can
> verify that the same problem occurs here too.
>
> My system is OS X 10.5.6 and the error can be triggered in both SBCL
> 1.0.23 and CCL 1.2. The error does not seem to occur on any Linux or
> Windows box I've tested on.
>
> Note that to recreate the problem it may be necessary to select menu
> options several times. For example, I just ran LTKTEST and generated
> the error on the first click of File->Load. Running a second time it
> took 15 attempts before it triggered again. Unfortunately my users are
> managing to trigger the error quite regularly!
>
> My attempts at tracking this down have been rather useless...has
> anyone else worked out hot to fix the problem?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -- 
> Phil Armitage
> http://phil.nullable.eu/
>
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