http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Summary: Suggestion: Editbox with terminal output in crash window Product: Wine Version: 1.2 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: VincentBeers@gmail.com
This is a feature request, not a bug.
Wine has an utterly useless "the application has crashed" window, or at least, it had for a while, I don't know if that has changed. Anyway, I think said window should have an unfoldable edit box containing all the terminal output of the application up to its crash, and a button to copy the content in this edit box. Finally, the crash description should indicate that you should copy that text and bring it to the Wine forums in order to get help/troubleshooting.
Why? Because it makes giving feedback on Wine apps a lot quicker. A lot of us do actually run Wine apps from the terminal, but most newbies don't, and this is a way to assist them helping the Wine devs know about the problem a lot more quickly than the usual routine, which is:
- Make a forum thread about how the app doesn't work, with little to no further info; - Have someone tell you to run in terminal; - Possibly learn to use the terminal, then run the app from there; - (At this point, a day may have passed) Run back to the forums with actual terminal output.
Adding the text box with the terminal output straight into the "application crashed" window not only makes the window actually useful, but it also eliminates the delay that exists because new users may have to be assisted in actually running the app from terminal.
Further notes: of course, from that point, the user may be advised as to how to run the app from terminal anyway, but at least for this time, or for any time when they just want to double-click an app to run, they'll get the actual log much more quickly.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
--- Comment #1 from Vincent Beers VincentBeers@gmail.com 2010-07-17 06:59:03 --- By "unfoldable", by the way, I mean one of those "click here for details" things that actually displays the editbox. Though that isn't exactly necessary, it's more like the Windows crash windows (or more specifically their Visual Studio debug/error windows).
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Alexander Scott-Johns alexander.scott.johns+winebug@googlemail.com changed:
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--- Comment #2 from Alexander Scott-Johns alexander.scott.johns+winebug@googlemail.com 2010-07-17 09:50:14 --- (In reply to comment #0)
Anyway, I think said window should have an unfoldable edit box containing all the terminal output of the application up to its crash, and a button to copy the content in this edit box.
Unfortunately, if Wine is not running in a terminal, then all its terminal output will be lost, and can't be resurrected.
It should be possible to get the backtrace, though.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Platform|All |Other Resolution| |WONTFIX Alias|editboxcrashwindow | OS/Version|All |other
--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2010-07-17 22:38:35 --- Please follow the FAQ.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #4 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2010-07-17 22:38:45 --- Closing.
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--- Comment #5 from Vincent Beers VincentBeers@gmail.com 2010-07-19 15:24:57 --- (In reply to comment #3)
Please follow the FAQ.
What am I looking for in the FAQ? I know how to get a log myself if that's what you're saying; this is supposed to be an enhancement. Or are feature requests not supposed to go in bugzilla?
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
--- Comment #6 from Dmitry Timoshkov dmitry@codeweavers.com 2010-07-21 07:00:38 --- (In reply to comment #5)
What am I looking for in the FAQ? I know how to get a log myself if that's what you're saying; this is supposed to be an enhancement. Or are feature requests not supposed to go in bugzilla?
This kind of request is not going to be implemented. Getting a log as described in the FAQ is enough.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|CLOSED |UNCONFIRMED Resolution|WONTFIX |
--- Comment #7 from Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org 2010-07-21 07:38:33 --- Getting the log is not really feasible, but showing the backtrace (and even better offering to submit it automatically) is definitely desirable.
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Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |download, source Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW CC| |austinenglish@gmail.com Summary|Suggestion: Editbox with |Suggestion: Editbox with |terminal output in crash |backtrace in crash window |window | Ever Confirmed|0 |1
--- Comment #8 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2010-07-21 10:37:16 --- Confirming then.
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Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed by SHA1| |dcd5643f74df5301e667337f6ce | |6a609f4d99043 Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |focht@gmx.net Component|-unknown |winedbg Resolution| |FIXED
--- Comment #9 from Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net 2012-01-31 14:52:56 CST --- Hello,
this is implemented starting with commit http://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commitdiff/dcd5643f74df5301e667337f6ce... ("winedbg: Add a dialog to display crash details and save them to a file.")
Marking fixed.
Regards
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23682
Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #10 from Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org 2012-02-02 13:37:56 CST --- Closing bugs fixed in 1.4-rc2.
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