Re: [spr4601] clim questions from slug

[cer@Franz.COM (Chris Richardson)]

Am I right i thinking that the questions below got answered on the
clim/slug mailing list?

Your problem report has been assigned a tracking id of spr4601,
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  I am on a SPARC in Allegro w/ CLIM 1.0.  I have an application frame with two layouts (Normal, and Editor).  I have been doing some experimentation with
  swapping layouts in an application via an application command.  The first
  problem I have notice is that if you have a command like.

  (define-my-application-command (swap-them-back-and-forth :name t) ()
     (set-frame-layout 'Different-Layout)
     (sleep 10)           ;plenty of time to swap them panes around!
     (set-frame-layout 'Original-Layout))

  The command will only do the first set-frame-layout.  My interactor pane that
  is included with both layouts is still active though.  So if I use a different
  command that just does (set-frame-layout 'Original-Layout), I can get back
  to my original layout.  Why can't I swap more than one layout within the same
  command??????

  The second problem I am having is that within the same application command,
  when I swap layouts I cannot do output to the newly exposed pane of my new
  layout (even with force-output).  However, If I put the same code in a
  different command and then invoke it after invoking the command that swaps the
  layouts , the output will appear on the newly exposed frame.  Why can't I
  output within the same command when I swap layouts?

  In my case I am trying to setup up a single command in which the person invokes
  a multi-page editor on a presentation object that is in a timeline like
  display.  I would like to do this in a single step.  But right now the only
  way to get it to work is invoking three commands (when I should be able to do
  it with only one)!  Is there something trivial that I am missing?