Unit values not getting updated in unit list windows (now with feature idea)

[Rob Lewis]

Yes, I know you can manually freeze the log, but you have to actually recognize what you’re looking for first, which can be hard on a rapidly-scrolling log. My idea would make it automatic. 

Further refinement: a freeze time of 0 would stop the scrolling until you manually resume it. 

Another option: before freezing, log the next half-dozen or so lines for better context. And display the line that ordered the freeze in bold text or something. 

> On Sep 20, 2016, at 03:58 , rnaleonard <rnaleonard at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
> Just scrolling the log up a couple of lines freezes the whizzing.  In fact, it is now really stable,  At some past points in time it sort of stopped but still jumped a bit with each entry.  Now it seems really stable.  For things that I want to note in the log, I include a Write Log " " statement in the unit script, and for really noting things, I add a series of "*****" to highlight the line.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2016, at 12:58 AM, Rob Lewis <rob at whidbey.com <mailto:rob at whidbey.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> OK, mystery solved, I guess. I discovered the “Format” tab in the Edit Unit window. I had no format string defined (didn’t even know this existed), but a raw value of 0.025 was being displayed as “0.”. Is this the expected behavior? I entered a format string of ###.### and it seems good now. 
>> 
>> Unrelated to the above, it occurred to me that it would be nice to be able to freeze the log window temporarily. With a busy log, it can be hard to visually locate a specific line you’re looking for as the text whizzes by. 
>> 
>> What I have in mind is something like: 
>>      write log “Hey, dummy, have a look at this!” with freeze of 10
>> 
>> This would write the line and then stop the log window from updating for 10 seconds, buffering unwritten lines to be written when the freeze ends. 
>> 
>> Seems like it could be useful. What do y’all think? 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 13:22 , Rob Lewis <rob at whidbey.com <mailto:rob at whidbey.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, I just went and looked at the computer, and now the unit values are shown correctly in the unit list windows. Go figure. 
>>> 
>>> And the failure to update wasn’t some fleeting thing: the lists were displaying “0.0” for at least several minutes after the correct values were shown on the XTdb graph. 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 19, 2016, at 12:37 , Rob Lewis <rob at whidbey.com <mailto:rob at whidbey.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have 2 simple dimmable pseudos that keep track of rainfall in the last 15 minutes, and cumulative for the day. They’re updated with “set value” commands in other scripts. 
>>>> 
>>>> The values are apparently being set correctly—my XTdb graph of them looks right. But in my Master List, the values just show as “0.0”. Same thing in another sublist of units I created. 
>>>> 
>>>> I put this in the Command Line: 'write log (value of “Rainfall”)', and it shows the correct value. Just not in the list windows. 
>>>> 
>>>> I’m sure this used to work correctly but I wonder what’s going on. 
>>>> 
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