Re: NSControls failing to set status/label on BigEndian/64bit

[Fred Kiefer]

Hi Riccardo,

thank you for pointing out this issue. As I don’t have a Bigendian 64 bit 
system you will have to do the testing to pin this down. First I would propose 
that you add a few NSLog statements in NSButtonCell.m after line 1773. Most 
likely the data is not aligned in the unsigned int in the way the code expects 
it to be. The structure _GSButtonCellFlags is defined in GSCodingFlags.h and 
the code expects it to have 32 bits.
Please report back the values you see there (bFlags and buttonCellFlags).

Hope this helps,
Fred

> Am 03.01.2021 um 21:01 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I got in the past reports from some users about issue, now I can reproduce 
> myself.
> 
> I have set up a BigEndian PowerPC with 64bit and running GNUstep with the 
> traditional gcc runtime. Environment is a fully up-to-date Linux Debian.
> 
> I noticed that in different applications and panels, RadioButtons are not 
> working (no one appears set!) nor Check Boxes! and even clicking doesn't 
> change the status.
> 
> I tried changing the default theme (supposing a simple issue of displaying 
> the correct image) but that is not the case, all are affected. Also, in some 
> places, I found working RadioButtons and Checkboxes. so that rules out this.
> 
> As a start, I took out Ink - Fred's favourite minimal application.
> 
> I open the "Find Panel" and see
> 
> - Scope Entire File / Selection has no radio button selectedand selecting 
> does not change
> 
> - ignore case checkbox can't be set, appears always unset!
> 
> I tried and actually the ignore case feature works! so it appears to be a 
> "display" problem
> 
> 
> Then I open the "Print Panel"
> 
> - Page selection All/From radio button shows always unselected
> 
> - Copies and Scale field do not display a numeric value (1 and 100% 
> respectively) but "Text"
> 
> - Printer and Layout PopupButtons show "Item 1, Item 2...." instead of real 
> content
> 
> - hitting the "Option" button doesn't show an option panel but closes the 
> Print Panel!
> 
> 
> Then I open the "Page Layout":
> 
> - in "Page Attributes" the radio buttons do not work, but the "Scale" has 100
> 
> - in Custom Paper Size all fields which should hold the units (inch/cm) show 
> "un" which I believe is for undefined.
> 
> 
> I ask particularly Fred and Gregory if there are ideas about what causes this 
> strange issue and what can be looked after. It could be a GUI issue as well 
> as an issue with Gorm files.
> 
> 
> Then I open GWorkspace..
> 
> - in the Inspectpr, if I select a Folder, I have a series of radiobutton 
> which affect sorting, they display correcty and can be clicked
> 
> - in Preferences, most things have issues: Terminal sevices checkbox and in 
> "Desktop" all properties of the docks don't display
> 
> I tried Terminal and everything looks fine.
> 
> I tried StepSync (which is very recently created and uses Gorm files) and 
> none of the checkboxes work.
> 
> I tried GNUMail and in Preferences, most items appear to look fine: 
> RadioButtons, Checkboxen...
> 
> 
> So we can have a problem in RadioButtons, Checkboxes, PopupMenus, Labels, but 
> they do not show "everywhere"
> 
> 
> I am unable currently to test on PPC-BE/32bit, but will do so about in a week.
> 
> Riccardo
> 
>