Thread: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] PGADMIN3 request for preferences-related behavior change
Re: [pgadmin-hackers] PGADMIN3 request for preferences-related behavior change
From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 12:05 -0400, John Genoese wrote: > We think alike, my friend. The only thing is that I need two scripts: > one to copy and start the app, and a second one after the app closes > to copy back any config updates. > > > As you most likely already know, on the Mac there is one other glitch > that prevents me from using one script ( I tried that very thing ). It > seems that the "applet" executable is not driven synchronously. In the > ideal sense, a shell script in Mac OS X should be able to invoke > an .app either synchronously ( using Contents/MacOS/applet directly ), > or asynchronously, using the open command. > > > It seems that in either case, the pgadmin executable is asynchronous. > So I can't wrap a script around it to do that automatically. > > > Bottom line: postgresql and pgadmin3 are fantastic products. If I have > to live with this, I'll do it and smile. It's a small enough thing to > change a couple of config entries, really. > > > It's just something you folks might want to think about. > I added a ticket (http://code.pgadmin.org/trac/ticket/357), so that we can work on that later. -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com
Re: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] PGADMIN3 request for preferences-related behavior change
From
Dave Page
Date:
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
On Sat, 2012-03-24 at 12:05 -0400, John Genoese wrote:
> We think alike, my friend. The only thing is that I need two scripts:
> one to copy and start the app, and a second one after the app closes
> to copy back any config updates.
>
>
> As you most likely already know, on the Mac there is one other glitch
> that prevents me from using one script ( I tried that very thing ). It
> seems that the "applet" executable is not driven synchronously. In the
> ideal sense, a shell script in Mac OS X should be able to invoke
> an .app either synchronously ( using Contents/MacOS/applet directly ),
> or asynchronously, using the open command.
>
>
> It seems that in either case, the pgadmin executable is asynchronous.
> So I can't wrap a script around it to do that automatically.
Just run the executable in the "real" app bundle - eg. /Library/PostgreSQL/9.1/pgAdmin3.app/Contents/MacOS/pgAdmin3
>
> Bottom line: postgresql and pgadmin3 are fantastic products. If I have
> to live with this, I'll do it and smile. It's a small enough thing to
> change a couple of config entries, really.
>
>
> It's just something you folks might want to think about.
>
I added a ticket (http://code.pgadmin.org/trac/ticket/357), so that we
can work on that later.
Dave Page
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