$menu-path `location` does not work correctly: macOS-specific

[Kazzz-S]

PYA-OpenRecent.zip

Attached are simple PYA macros that manipulate the recently opened files.
They are functioning as intended. However, I cannot insert the menus to the right locations.
I've tested the macros with KLayout-0.26.8 on different platforms. It is a purely macOS specific issue.

Kazzz-S

[klayoutmatthias]

@Kazzz Thanks for reporting this. Any yes, you're right - it seems to be MacOS specific. I'll need to debug this problem there.

Maybe this will also fix the related issues from #657. There seems to be something wrong with the menu path deduction.

Best regards,

Matthias

[klayoutmatthias]

I have provided PR #665 for the 0.26 branch which hopefully fixes the problem. @Kazzz maybe you can give that one a try - I'd need some test support on MacOS.

The proper ordering of the menu items was actually disabled because Qt segfaulted sometimes when menu items got deleted and re-inserted. The patch provides a somewhat more elaborate implementation of the menu sync function which - under normal circumstances - should maintain the menu item order.

As a side effect, the LVS and DRC menus now are in the same position in the "Tools" menu as they are on Windows and Linux.

[Kazzz-S]

@klayoutmatthias,

Thank you for delivering PR #665.
I want to test it and get back to you ASAP. However, I'm busy this week.
I hope I can report back around November 3rd.

Kazzz-S

[Kazzz-S]

@klayoutmatthias,

I've tested PR #665, which works fine, as shown below.
Different DMGs for Catalina are available here.

Perhaps OK on the older operating systems, too.
I'm going to check one by one.
Thanks a lot!

Kazzz-S

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OS	Test Date	Status	DMG Date
Catalina 10.15	2020-11-02	OK	2020-10-31
Mojave 10.14	2020-11-02	OK	2020-11-02
High Sierra 10.13	2020-11-03	OK	2020-11-03
Sierra 10.12	2020-11-04	OK	2020-11-04
El Capitan 10.11	2020-11-04	OK	2020-11-04

[klayoutmatthias]

Fix is released in 0.26.9