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Software News : New Process Ranger
Posted by ssolie on 2007/1/11 17:06:43 (2107 reads) News by the same author

Amiga OS 4.0 has introduced some new features to manage process families. I created Ranger to visualize these new process trees and hopefully help with debugging things. The list of processes is automatically updated as you start and end programs on your Amiga.

Feedback is welcome. Maybe this can evolve into something more powerful.

Grab it from OS4Depot.

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AmiKit
Published: 2007/1/11 17:28  Updated: 2007/1/11 17:29
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Joined: 12/01/2006
From: Europe
Comments: 532
 Re: New Process Ranger
Quote:
I created Ranger to visualize these new process trees

any screenshot please?
ssolie
Published: 2007/1/11 17:45  Updated: 2007/1/11 17:45
Amigans Defender
Joined: 11/26/2006
From: Canada
Comments: 986
 Re: New Process Ranger
Quote:
any screenshot please?

Try clicking on the OS4Depot link.... man people are lazy.
LiveForIt
Published: 2007/1/11 18:02  Updated: 2007/1/11 18:02
Home away from home
Joined: 11/20/2006
From: Norway
Comments: 3967
 Re: New Process Ranger
AmiKit
Published: 2007/1/11 18:31  Updated: 2007/1/11 18:31
Quite a regular
Joined: 12/01/2006
From: Europe
Comments: 532
 Re: New Process Ranger
Quote:
Try clicking on the OS4Depot link.... man people are lazy.

heh, thanks. I did not know there's such a feature as I don't use OS4Depot very often.
lazi
Published: 2007/1/11 19:03  Updated: 2007/1/11 19:03
Not too shy to talk
Joined: 11/27/2006
From:
Comments: 269
 Re: New Process Ranger
Hi!

Thanks for this tool!
When I started a 68k app from icon it showed in the window of Ranger, but it is displayed 32k of stack instead the 8k which was set in the icon info.

Is that 32k of the minimal stack?

Bye!
LiveForIt
Published: 2007/1/11 19:25  Updated: 2007/1/11 19:27
Home away from home
Joined: 11/20/2006
From: Norway
Comments: 3967
 Re: New Process Ranger
@lazi

My understanding is that all 680x0 programs under OS4 needs more stack, because the system functions needs more stack, and because the 680x0 emulation requires more stack.

It?s most likely bumped up to 32k as a minimum.
Chris
Published: 2007/1/11 20:21  Updated: 2007/1/11 20:21
Amigans Defender
Joined: 11/17/2006
From: England
Comments: 3455
 Re: New Process Ranger
The minimum stack is set in Prefs/DOS. Default is 32K, but you can lower it back to 8K at your peril.

Chris
ssolie
Published: 2007/1/11 20:28  Updated: 2007/1/11 20:28
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Joined: 11/26/2006
From: Canada
Comments: 986
 Re: New Process Ranger
@lazi
Quote:
Is that 32k of the minimal stack?

I failed to mention the tool is also educational.

Try running something modern like TuneNet and you can see all the fancy stuff it is doing.
bean
Published: 2007/1/11 21:28  Updated: 2007/1/11 21:43
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Joined: 11/26/2006
From:
Comments: 402
 Re: New Process Ranger
Nice App! Many Thanks - It'll help with debugging.

Quote:
Try running something modern like TuneNet and you can see all the fancy stuff it is doing.


Heh heh - especially if you XFade between Radio stations! See! I didn't code some lame single threaded buffered X-Fade routines after all!

...but it does highlight my blatent wastage of stack. Ahem!
Severin
Published: 2007/1/12 3:02  Updated: 2007/1/12 3:02
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Joined: 11/24/2006
From: Gloucestershire, UK.
Comments: 1172
 Re: New Process Ranger
hmmmm...

What it needs is a feature to save a snapshot of the current window contents when a GR window pops up...
Jack
Published: 2007/1/12 9:27  Updated: 2007/1/12 9:27
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Joined: 11/27/2006
From: Israel
Comments: 933
 Re: New Process Ranger
Quote:
Severin wrote:
What it needs is a feature to save a snapshot of the current window contents when a GR window pops up.


And maybe option to dump all or single items with all the details (imho, sometimes it is handy to see shorter output than GR logs)


Jack
ssolie
Published: 2007/1/14 16:43  Updated: 2007/1/14 16:43
Amigans Defender
Joined: 11/26/2006
From: Canada
Comments: 986
 Re: New Process Ranger
I'm collecting up the feedback so far. Thanks guys.
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