[Gmod-help] Re: bug in stanza name

[Scott Cain]

I agree, it should be a little more forthcoming about what is going
on--I added that as a bug:

  https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=391291&aid=2039165&group_id=27707

Scott


On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Jeltje van Baren <jeltje at wustl.edu> wrote:
> Well can gbrowse then maybe die with an error on screen? This is one of
> those bugs that take forever to find, especially because it seems to work
> some of the time.
>
> -Jeltje
>
> Scott Cain wrote:
>
> Hi Dave, Jelthe and Nicole,
>
> I am reasonably sure this is a known problem and there is an easy
> solution: "Don't do that" :-)
>
> I can't remember the reason for this limitation, but it must be more
> than trivial, since I think Lincoln is aware of it and chose not to
> fix it.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk
> <gmodhelp at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Nicole (and Jeltje)
>
> A similar issue (and I'm guessing it is a bug) was reported by Jeltje
> van Baren on June 9.  (Jeltje, I apologize for not getting back to you
> sooner - that e-mail was next on my list.)
>
> Nicole, can you report this as a GBrowse bug at:
>
>  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=27707&atid=391291
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave C.
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Nicole Washington <NLWashington at lbl.gov>
> wrote:
>
>
> i just noticed a strange bug.  if i put a dash in the name of a gbrowse
> stanza, the browser can't really handle it.  but its really strange.  here's
> some details.
>
> if i name a stanza [ABC-A], then it appears as a track to select.  i can
> check it off, hit update, and then the content never appears.  however, if i
> go to the "configure tracks..." button, and select "show"  and 'accept
> changes', then the track shows up.  if i refresh the page, the track goes
> away.
>
> note, that if i name the same stanza [ABC], (without a dash) then it is
> fine.
>
> nicole
>
>
>
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