Recent changes to 598: About item under Application name to work

#598 About item under Application name to work

Gerd Wagner — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 19:58:07 -0000

The new snapshot
https://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/3-snapshots/snapshot-20210411_2107/

requires Java 11 and makes Apple's application close command "Command key"+Q work the same way Ctrl+Q does. It also properly supports the Apple specific About-Command.

#598 About item under Application name to work

Stanimir Stamenkov — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:25:54 -0000

It is a bit sharper I think. At standard size it is not a big difference but comparing screenshots show the difference.

Thank you for the feedback, Heklaz. This generally sustains my evaluation more significant improvement is seen with non-integral scaling-factor screens like 1.75x, 1.5x, 1.25x, and non-Macs (such as Windows):

1.25x: default / hidpi
1.5x: default / hidpi

(from the initial merge-request #50)

#598 About item under Application name to work

Gerd Wagner — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:57:28 -0000

I agree it doesn't show under the menu named "SQuirreLSQL". But its available under the "Help" menu. I think that's not perfect but rather alright.

I noticed the exit command, ⌘-Q problem, too. This one I consider quite severe because it passes saving preferences on close. By now I think that after the 4.2.0 release we should switch to Java 11 and make some use of the desktop integration features.

#598 About item under Application name to work

Heklaz — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:10:01 -0000

ok, will do that

#598 About item under Application name to work

Heklaz — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:05:44 -0000

Hi,

sounds good. I'll check that later.

#598 About item under Application name to work

Gerd Wagner — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:35:03 -0000

Just committed a fix which ensures that all menus are available on Mac OS. The fix will be available in future snapshots and versions.

#598 About item under Application name to work

Stanimir Stamenkov — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 05:49:32 -0000

Hi Heklaz. Thank you for trying it out! I'm interest to find out if you're seeing any improvement (none, somewhat, significant) in the quality of the icons, working on a hidpi/retina screen. I guess it is better to continue this exchange over in merge-request #57.

#598 About item under Application name to work

Gerd Wagner — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:26:11 -0000

I'm able to reproduce your problem: When SQuirreL is installed on a Mac using the the Mac Installer one can't open the SQuirreL's About message box.
I also see that your patch works. But I'm sorry SQuirreL is still based in Java 1.8 and I don't consider the feature relevant enough to switch to Java 11.
As a workaround you may use the standard installer. This will make the About box available although for the cost of loosing some Mac integration features.
Gerd

#598 About item under Application name to work

Heklaz — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:22:37 -0000

Hi,

tried that and the application runs.

What should I look for here to be sure I get useful results?

#598 About item under Application name to work

Stanimir Stamenkov — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:00:33 -0000

You could clone my fork directly:

git clone https://git.code.sf.net/u/stanio/squirrel-sql

or you could add it as a remote to existing clone:

git remote add -f stanio https://git.code.sf.net/u/stanio/squirrel-sql

In both cases:

git checkout multires-icons

then cd sql12 and build using ant. You could try running directly from the working copy using ant runApp, or you could perform install from the output/izPackInstallJars.