Feature Request

snowgoer540 wrote:

Is changing the font size for just buttons a viable option? Change Consumables didnt fit either, so I made it "Change tips" lol

Maybe I'm just being picky I can be a bit of a perfectionist...

It could be done I guess but it would probably look odd if the button only had a few characters.

phillc54 wrote:

Do you use any touch screens?

Nope, i do have 2 of the 7" ones that are collecting dust, but those were the reasons i started messing with the Gremlin as i had it set up to use Touchy on the 7" and gremlin on a 22" monitor above it.

I did have an idea this morning...

To better suite our customers () what if we had a "Create Log Files" button on the config panel (or extras) that would grab any relevant log files, the <machine>.ini, <machine>.hal, <machine>_connections.hal, and any other relevant files and package them up nicely into a zip file with the date and time, and put them in an easy to find location.

That way when people post their problems on here, we could have a sticky that says "before posting, create a log file to upload with your post". That would go a long way to save time diagnosing stuff, and it would make it easier to get all the helpful files in one swoop.

Just a thought...

snowgoer540 wrote:

I did have an idea this morning...

Oh no...

To better suite our customers () what if we had a "Create Log Files" button on the config panel (or extras) that would grab any relevant log files, the <machine>.ini, <machine>.hal, <machine>_connections.hal, and any other relevant files and package them up nicely into a zip file with the date and time, and put them in an easy to find location.

That way when people post their problems on here, we could have a sticky that says "before posting, create a log file to upload with your post". That would go a long way to save time diagnosing stuff, and it would make it easier to get all the helpful files in one swoop.

That just makes too much sense.

Edit: do all distros have the same compression utilities?

phillc54 wrote:

Edit: do all distros have the same compression utilities?

As far as i know, only RAR files need additional install on some distros. TAR is native to Linux, i think.

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote:

I did have an idea this morning...

Oh no...

To better suite our customers () what if we had a "Create Log Files" button on the config panel (or extras) that would grab any relevant log files, the <machine>.ini, <machine>.hal, <machine>_connections.hal, and any other relevant files and package them up nicely into a zip file with the date and time, and put them in an easy to find location.

That way when people post their problems on here, we could have a sticky that says "before posting, create a log file to upload with your post". That would go a long way to save time diagnosing stuff, and it would make it easier to get all the helpful files in one swoop.

That just makes too much sense.

Edit: do all distros have the same compression utilities?

Well I'm happy to do my part on the testing end lol

I am really not sure. I guess we'd be looking at Buster and Mint?

rodw wrote:

I'm really looking forward to the final release of V2.8 becasue that will slow you guys down for a while as your crazy ideas will have to sit in the corner for a while unless we run master branch and then its open slather!

Nobody puts baby in the corner... (old movie reference for those who don't get it)

So Phill has mentioned similar, and I'm not sure I understand why? Once it's released, don't updates just work as usual, or no?

snowgoer540 wrote:

So Phill has mentioned similar, and I'm not sure I understand why? Once it's released, don't updates just work as usual, or no?

Yes, provided that any update is not reliant on a feature of master that is not in the release version.