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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Update: apparently the solution was to restart my computer, because
apparently in Mac OS the clipboard manager daemon can just stop working...
and this is common enough that people blog about it.

https://danwarne.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/fix-stuck-mac-os-clipboard-copypaste/

*rolls eyes*

-Jon

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> These aren't just benign asserts, the actual function (copy version to
> clipboard) doesn't work for me.
> I tried on release build, and the function still doesn't work (shows a
> popup error: "Failed to create the clipboard").
> I will dig in a bit more if I have time.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:52 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Le 06/09/2017 à 19:29, Bernhard Stegmaier a écrit :
>> > I didn’t see any issues with release builds - I did use it a couple of
>> times the last days.
>> > On all of my machines, also on 10.12.
>> >
>> > Maybe this assertion is only active in debug builds (didn’t try a debug
>> build for some while)?
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Bernhard
>> >
>>
>> This is an explanation.
>>
>> Be careful with assert messages in debug mode.
>> Many (even inside Kicad) are something like sentinels.
>>
>> For instance, on Linux, GTK generates a lot of useless asserts with a lot
>> of applications
>> (noticeable when running this application from a console).
>>
>> They are not necessary a very annoying problem, but perhaps just need a
>> (minor) fix, but not
>> necessary inside Kicad.
>>
>> Of course, if they happen just before a crash, this is an other story.
>>
>>
>> >> On 6. Sep 2017, at 18:35, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
>> jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> +I added this issue as LP: 1715440
>> >>
>> >> One more Mac OS issue that I'm curious if others see on 10.12:  "Copy
>> Version Info" from the About
>> >> dialog doesn't work, and results in the following debug assertions:
>> >>
>> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65): assert "m_pasteboard" failed in
>> Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
>> >> Collecting stack trace information, please wait...2017-09-06
>> 12:23:12.297 gerbview[62445:23182459]
>> >> Spell server connection invalidated
>> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65): assert "m_pasteboard" failed in
>> Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
>> >> Collecting stack trace information, please
>> wait...../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(121): assert
>> >> "(syncFlags&kPasteboardClientIsOwner)" failed in AddData(): client
>> couldn't own clipboard
>> >> Collecting stack trace information, please
>> wait...../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(65): assert
>> >> "m_pasteboard" failed in Clear(): Clipboard creation failed.
>> >> ../src/osx/carbon/clipbrd.cpp(121): assert
>> "(syncFlags&kPasteboardClientIsOwner)" failed in
>> >> AddData(): client couldn't own clipboard
>> >>
>> >> -Jon
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <
>> stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> <mailto:stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     Hi,
>> >>
>> >>     (1) You can’t run standalone applications (won’t find libraries),
>> but you can run project
>> >>     manager directly from build directory.
>> >>     Like this from console (for me):
>> >>     <<<
>> >>     HackMini:build bstegmaier$ kicad/kicad.app/Contents/MacOS/kicad
>> >>     >>>
>> >>     Or just start it via Finder from build/kicad…
>> >>
>> >>     (2) Yes, just tried and I also don’t see it (if I tried correctly).
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>     Regards,
>> >>     Bernhard
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>     On 5. Sep 2017, at 23:24, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
>> jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>     Hi Mac developers:
>> >>>
>> >>>     1) is there an easy way to quickly rebuild a single app and run
>> it?  I'm used to being able
>> >>>     to do that on Linux, but it seems like I can't run apps out of
>> the build directory on Mac
>> >>>     (have to run "make install" which repackages all applications and
>> is slow).
>> >>>
>> >>>     2) It seems like BRIGHT_BOX doesn't display on Mac (OpenGL and
>> Cairo) on my machine (i.e. the
>> >>>     green box around an item when the selection disambiguation menu
>> is shown) -- does anyone else
>> >>>     have this issue?
>> >>>
>> >>>     Thanks,
>> >>>     -Jon
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