Re: [zzdev] Conversion difficulties

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@xxxxxx>]

On 20010124T104040-0500, Marlene Mallicoat wrote:
> 1.  When using gzz 0.5.0, step two of the process (gzz -oldformat -new OLD)
> hangs; the last two lines of messages say:  EXCEPTION WHILE TRIGGERING!  
> and    Main exiting - on to the events

Rauli did some extensive changes to the trigger code.  Rauli, can you
take a look at this?

> 2.  So I went back to 0.4.0 to see just how far I could get with the
> conversion process.  All four steps as specified by you completed properly.
>  So then I added the dimensions d.children and d.marriage to the dimension
> list after d.3.  However, only d.1 and d.2 show the Holm family demo links.
>  If I put the cursor on a cell, Celeste for example, and rotate to
> d.marriage and d.children, no links whatever are shown.  Was there some
> other way I was supposed to put the original dimensions back in?

That sounds like a strange bug. 

> 3.  Just out of curiousity, I ran 0.4.0 with the NEW (converted) data
> structure, no -import parameter, and only the Ctrl window came up -- no
> Data window.

We'll investigate this one.

> 4.  I see now exactly what causes the little dimension map in the upper
> left corner to disappear -- changing to Row or Column view!  This is true
> both on 0.4.0 and 0.5.0.  Since those are the two views we mainly use, we
> really need to have the map stay on the screen.

Fixed by Benja, the fix will be in 0.5.1

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