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08-26-2014, 06:21 PM
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Switching project tabs sets project [modified]
This is costing me a lot of time when I am working on, typically 5-8 projects concurrently.
Make edits in tab/project 1, save, go to tab/project 2 make edits, etc. Return to tab/project 1 and it's state is [modified]. Except that it never was.
I can't find any option for this in Preferences.
This Nitpick or Bug occurs when switching tabs between projects when there is an open FX Chain Window - see below posts 7,8 and 9
I have tried a few combinations of Preferences > Plug-ins > (various FX windows check boxes) but still no luck.
Last edited by hamish; 08-27-2014 at 06:17 PM.
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08-27-2014, 01:44 AM
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humm, it works as expected here, tab/project#1 is unchanged...
what is the last undo point name you can see in the "[modified]" project#1? also, what are your OS and REAPER version?
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08-27-2014, 05:34 AM
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I'm using portable installs on win 7, Jeffos.
I'm looking at the problem now and I see that the last two listed undo events seem to get duplicated, with an updated time.
I am using mainly 4.71, but I've had the problem for a while. I just went back and found the problem is the same in 4.32 for example.
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08-27-2014, 04:31 PM
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I made a fresh local install of v4.71 on windows 7 OS and get the [modified] behaviour that I'm talking about.
Only an empty project tab is not affected.
Any tab with a project gets [modified] set in the Title. Sometimes there is a spurious Undo History entry, sometimes none.
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08-27-2014, 05:22 PM
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On my usual config, v4.71 portable which I run out of a folder on my desktop the [modified] problem is NOT occuring with newly created projects that have tracks only, not tested with media items.
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08-27-2014, 05:28 PM
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Set of 3 tabs with fresh simple projects - tracks and media items, no plugins is working OK.
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08-27-2014, 05:45 PM
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As soon as I add one single plugin to a project, namely ReaComp I'm getting this [modified] when I switch tabs.
In this case Undo History contains 'Close FX chain'.
My Undo settings are factory default.
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08-27-2014, 05:48 PM
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I have found that it maybe something in my layout. I am using a hacked 'default layouts' with v3 theme.
Changing my layout stopped the project getting set [modified] due to FX chain.
However this does not explain the problem occuring for me on a stock install.
Last edited by hamish; 08-27-2014 at 06:12 PM.
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08-27-2014, 06:03 PM
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OK so after looking at it a lot more it seems this Nitpick is Undo History events being created by an Open FX Chain window.
The window may be floating or docked, either way the project is set [modified] when switching tabs.
It's looking like there is some kind of buglet here, there is not always a new event added to Undo History, but [modified] is always set.
Last edited by hamish; 08-27-2014 at 06:11 PM.
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09-09-2014, 08:51 AM
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Confirmed.
-> opening FX Chain window in one tab
-> switch to different tab
-> first tab marked as changed (with "Close FX chain: ..." state in undo history)
Makes no sense.
Bug tracker: http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=5337
Last edited by Dstruct; 09-09-2014 at 10:15 PM.
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09-09-2014, 05:22 PM
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Hey thanks Dstruct!!
Do you have time to put it in the tracker?
Otherwise I could have a go, but it may take me a while. The issue has become super annoying for me lately.
Also when I looked at it further I found that the Undo History often doesn't get the 'Close FX chain' event added, but the project tab is always set to [modified] when switching tabs with an open FX chain window. Even if window is in a docker tab that is hidden.
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=145289
In fact one more behaviour that I haven't yet documented elsewhere is that if you switch tabs with a non-viewabe Open FX Chain in the docker, (meaning for example that your mixer window is in the front tab of the docker) after switching project tabs, when you return to the earlier project that Open FX Chain will now be the viewable tab in the docker, and the mixer will be a hidden tab. It seems that this is most likely related.
Last edited by hamish; 09-09-2014 at 05:33 PM.
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09-09-2014, 10:24 PM
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OK, thanks voted on the FR. I think there is something else going on though, REAPER is closing the FX Chain and re-opening it on project tab switches.
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09-10-2014, 07:08 AM
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Sorry for the lack of feedback...
The close fx/fx chain undo point is some sort of "hidden safety feature": it ensures REAPER will always get a proper plugin config even if it deals with a buggy plugin that doesn't inform REAPER about its changes...
... however, it has some side-effects, incl. the one of them being discussed here. We'll see what is the best way to address this issue.
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09-10-2014, 04:10 PM
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#15
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Thanks for getting back Jeffos, that is making sense now.
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