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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is also wxRichMessageDialog[1] which has an optional checkbox for
show once features.

[1]: http://docs.wxwidgets.org/3.0/classwx_rich_message_dialog.html

On 1/3/2018 3:13 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> I figured we might want to re-use this in the future if we ever have
> additional "show once" things that are more complicated than yes/no
> (although I didn't make it with formbuilder).
> It would be fine to switch to a messagedialog.  I can probably do that
> tonight.
> 
> -Jon
> 
> On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     John,
> 
>     I took a look at your patch.  Is there any reason why you didn't use
>     wxMessageDialog instead of creating wxFormbuilder project for such a
>     simple dialog?  It seems to me that wxMessageDialog would do the trick
>     as it allows you to change the strings for the Ok and Cancel buttons.
>     Other than that, everything else seems fine.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 12/31/2017 4:28 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
>     > For your consideration, a patch is attached that implements the above.
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I think that getting automatic OpenGL detection and recovery working
>     >     for 5.0 might be ambitious.
>     >     Maybe Chris can detail what the next steps are for his approach
>     >     there, but in case we want to push that to a later release, here's
>     >     what I propose:
>     >
>     >     1) Rename the View menu options based on my proposal "Legacy",
>     >     "Modern (Accelerated)", "Modern (Fallback)"
>     >     2) Change PCB_BASE_FRAME::SwitchCanvas to save the canvas config
>     >     value after calling UseGalCanvas() rather than before.
>     >     3) Show a first-run dialog like the mockup in my earlier email, IF
>     >     canvas is not OpenGL and the dialog has not been shown before
>     >     44) If user clicks "yes" in the first run dialog, then:
>     >         (a) set the config value to prevent the dialog from showing again,
>     >         (b) Set the canvas config setting to Cairo (but don't switch the
>     >     GAL to Cairo), then
>     >         (c) switch to OpenGL canvas using SwitchCanvas()
>     >
>     >     That way, if the app crashes in step 4c, it should come back up as
>     >     Cairo on the next launch (assuming we crash right away when trying
>     >     to set up the canvas)
>     >
>     >     Any concerns with the above?
>     >
>     >     -Jon
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >     <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >         +1
>     >
>     >         No menu items.  Just a checkbox for Enable Hardware Acceleration
>     >         in Preferences.
>     >
>     >>         On 31 Dec 2017, at 18:36, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:devel@xxxxxxxxx>
>     >>         <mailto:devel@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:devel@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>>         - In the case of graphics glitches, inform the users in the
>     >>>         FAQ/Manual
>     >>>         that they can fall back to software renderer in the View menu.
>     >>>         - Don't use the term 'canvas' or 'view'. Just 'Enable HW
>     >>>         acceleration’.
>     >>
>     >>         I like that. The fewer technical/programmer terms, the better.
>     >
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