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bug #56840: pinning Octave Icon to Windows taskbar is awkward

Submitter:  Hartmut <hardy>
Submitted:  Sat 31 Aug 2019 01:56:57 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Regression
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * 5.1.0 Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Wed 04 Sep 2019 07:37:26 AM UTC, comment #4: 

(Hartmut)
I have installed the dev Octave version (5.1.1, hg id: d9d10a49926d) from comment #3 on the same Win10 machine as in comment #0. And this Octave version behaves all fine in this respect (i.e.: no second icon in the last step).

So this akward behavior seems to be already FIXED in the current mxe-octave, and we'll just need to wait until it's released.

Anonymous
Tue 03 Sep 2019 09:17:31 PM UTC, comment #3: 
John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Tue 03 Sep 2019 07:56:52 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I am currently unable to build mxe-octave. Can you share your mxe-built somehow with me? Then I could try it on the same machine.

Hartmut <hardy>
Tue 03 Sep 2019 11:53:14 AM UTC, comment #1: 

It doesnt seem to do that for me, however I am running the latest mxe code.

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Sat 31 Aug 2019 01:56:57 PM UTC, original submission:  

Here is how to reproduce the akward behavior:

  • use Windows (10 in my case)
  • install Octave 5.1.0 (installer from Octave homepage)
  • start Octave once, then close it again (to let it settle all kinds of stuff)
  • press the "Windows" button to show the start menu
  • go to the starter for "Octave-5.1.0.0 (GUI)" in the start menu, and start Octave with it
  • Octave starts fine, and shows its icon in the Windows task bar.
  • Now right click on this Octave icon in the task bar and choose "attach to task bar".
  • close Octave
  • The (now attached) Octave icon will stay in the taks bar, it also looks nice, all fine so far.
  • NOW click onto this taskbar icon with the Octave logo
  • Octave starts, alright
  • BUT: The running Octave program now generatess a SECOND icon in the task bar (still having the same nice Octave image)


This second Octave icon in the taks bar feels akward to me, and it eats up some valuable space in my task bar. Can we recover Octave's nice behavior from before?

This reminds me of bug #50428 but seems to be different (and new).

Hartmut <hardy>

 

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    2019-09-09 mtmiller StatusNone Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Summarypinning Octave Icon to Windows taskbar is akward pinning Octave Icon to Windows taskbar is awkward

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