I found nothing like that
A workaround could be to having bigger files!
I found nothing like that
We suffer from the same gitlab 'feature' - we can't update and replace files before the rendering's finished. Thus, if we had found something to circumvent this, we'd applied it. Alas we didn't so far.rprosperi wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:35 pmWould you consider uploading new versions of the WP43S manuals to gitlab in .zip format (i.e. put the .pdf file into a zip)?
In order to download the manuals from the site, gitlab insists on downloading and rendering the complete pdf file in it's browser/viewer before enabling the download button, and for manuals this large, it takes many minutes and virtually locks-up the browser (I've tried both Firefox and Edge/Chromium) until it's done.
It's the father who named them...
I knew it's all my fault - but now they are called this way ...
Well, at least I'm relieved to find out that it's not just me...
Thanks Over_score. It's revealing. It means they are aware of the problem, and basically bail out at some cut-off point (10MB) rather than solve the problem properly by letting you choose to download without a preview. Shows limited vision for what I'd otherwise expect to be a bunch of smart folks.Over_score wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:14 pmI found nothing like that
A workaround could be to having bigger files!
I've tried to download the latest manuals and while gitlab is loading and waiting for rendering the document, the download button is active under Firefox for me and I was able to download the two manuals without having to wait for the rendering to be completed.rprosperi wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:35 pmIn order to download the manuals from the site, gitlab insists on downloading and rendering the complete pdf file in it's browser/viewer before enabling the download button, and for manuals this large, it takes many minutes and virtually locks-up the browser (I've tried both Firefox and Edge/Chromium) until it's done.
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git clone https://gitlab.com/Over_score/wp43s.git
Interesting Didier, thanks for testing and this post. It definitely was NOT available to me until the render was complete (using 100% of available system RAM, slowing the system to a crawl, freezing the mouse cursor for 20-30 secs at a time, close to a full lock-up). I even rebooted and started the full procedure from scratch, same result. As noted, after starting the render, FF noticed the process was taking "a long time" so it offered to either let it continue or abort; if I choose abort, I can then click on download and it works OK.dlachieze wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:47 amI've tried to download the latest manuals and while gitlab is loading and waiting for rendering the document, the download button is active under Firefox for me and I was able to download the two manuals without having to wait for the rendering to be completed.
Not ideal but much faster than just waiting for the rendering to be done.