Re: Issue with the "Hello World" minimum wxWidgets example in Ubuntu 23.10

Hi Vadim,
thanks for your kind help

As far as I understand, I do not see big differences between the 
environment variables of the two terminals:

[image: ksnip_20240109-161305.png]



Il giorno martedì 9 gennaio 2024 alle 15:22:19 UTC+1 Vadim Zeitlin ha 
scritto:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 05:38:24 -0800 (PST) Raphy wrote:
>
> R> I copied the minimal "Hello World" example in the samples wxWidgets 
> folder:
> R> 
> R> raphy@raohy:~$ cp -a wxWidgets/samples/minimal/ /home/raphy/minimal
> R> 
> R> Compiled it and built the executable, but executing the file does not 
> show 
> R> the Menu Toolbar and the Menu Items:
>
> Sorry for a stupid question, but are you sure it doesn't show the menu in
> the global menu bar at the top of the screen instead?
>
> R> To make the Menu Toolbar with its Menu Items appear and to able to use 
> R> them, I have to open a second Terminal and execute the same executable 
> R> within this second terminal:
>
> If exactly the same executable behaves differently in 2 terminals, you
> don't need to be an expert to realize that the difference must be due to
> the environment they're running in. You can run "env > 1" command in one
> terminal and "env > 2" in another one and then compare the files "1" and
> "2" using your favourite diff tool to find the difference.
>
> R> but now, I'm pretty that it's an issue related to the minimum "Hello 
> World" 
> R> example:
> R> 
> R> I compiled and built the toolbook example found here: 
> R> 
> https://github.com/gammasoft71/Examples_wxWidgets/tree/master/src/BookControls/Toolbook
> R> copied the executable in the same folder where I previously copied the 
> R> "Hello World" example minimum app, and when I click the Toolbook 
> example 
> R> executable it displays correctly, with all its Menu Items, while when I 
> R> click on the minimum executable, it doesn't show its Menu Toolbar and 
> Menu 
> R> Items. 
>
> Wait, this example doesn't even _have_ the menu in the first place (search
> for wxMenu in its code), how could you possible see it shown. You must be
> confusing the toolbar, which this example uses, with the menu.
>
> R> As said, the only way to o fully display and be able to use Menu 
> Toolbar 
> R> and Menu Items of the minimum executable ("Hello World" example) I have 
> to 
> R> execute it via command-line in a second terminal. And that's not fine
>
> The sample obviously doesn't care about which terminal you run it from.
> But it is affected by the environment variables, so you should be able to
> find the explanation for the difference in the behaviour by comparing them
> between the 2 terminals.
>
> Good luck,
> VZ
>
> -- 
> TT-Solutions: wxWidgets consultancy and technical support
> https://www.tt-solutions.com/
>

-- 
Please read https://www.wxwidgets.org/support/mlhowto.htm before posting.
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "wx-users" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wx-users/91782a68-e1f8-4d68-acac-b266165acc02n%40googlegroups.com.