can't open multiple .gcda or .gcdo files in one CoverStory window

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to open multiple .gcda files
2. I can't find any way to get all the files open in one CoverStory window,
which is really annoying.  I want to be able to browse the code coverage
figures for my whole project.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect all the files in one window, like that shown on the screenshot
showing how to use CoverStory!

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v4.0.1 on Mac OS X

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dan.jar...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2009 at 4:55

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If you open the folder containing the coverage files, it will list them all in 
the list on the left of the window.

Original comment by thoma...@gmail.com on 2 Jul 2009 at 5:35

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Thank you, that works nicely.  I didn't think it was a very obvious way of 
doing it
though!  

May I suggest a enhancement to add help text (currently all empty), or a new 
menu
option ("open folder of coverage files") that only shows directories/folders?

Original comment by dan.jar...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2009 at 12:39

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Feel free to close this issue if you want to (I didn't seem to be able to 
update its
status or priority, which should now be "low").

Original comment by dan.jar...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2009 at 12:41

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This does not work for me.

When I try to open any of the build output folders, I invariably get an error 
dialog that says: The document "xxx" 
could not be opened. CoverStory cannot open files of this type.

This happens even when attempting to open an "i386" folder full of gcda / gcno 
files (not sure which of the two 
types is the relevant one).

Original comment by eric.tre...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2009 at 3:58

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I've noticed that 10.5 and 10.6 handle this differently. On 10.5, Cover Story 
seems to be able to open a folder 
full of these, and on 10.6 it doesn't.

Original comment by toad...@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2009 at 3:22

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Confirming toadgee's report:
Can't open a folder of *.gc* files in 10.6.

Original comment by iamr...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2009 at 7:38

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Endless loading (spinner animation) when opening a folder in one CoverStory 
window.
It seems that it's loading all the time, but the files are not shown as your 
screenshot.
although the message tells me : Found 76 gcda files to process.

I am using Mac OS X 10.5.8, CoverStory 4.0.1 

Original comment by dan.cong...@gmail.com on 14 Dec 2009 at 7:07

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This is due to the Info.plist settings for document types. Coverstory uses all 
the inbuilt document opening stuff 
from NSDocument.
I edited the Info.plist to change the folder entry in DocumentTypes to remove 
the child element with the key 
"CFBundleTypeOSTypes" which has a value of 'fold' and replace it with a 
Document Content Type UTIs element 
(shows up in popup) with a value of public.item.
I've done this and the open dialogue will now accept folders. Now I'm trying to 
figure out if it's hanging after that 
or just taking a reeeeaaallllyyyy long time to process my 637 gcda files

Original comment by vegang...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 6:47

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note: after the change mentioned above, the log window does show the following:

Scanning for coverage data in '/Users/[redacted 
...]/Source/Mac/build/Logger.build'
Found 637 gcda files to process.

And I've attached the plist in case my comment wasn't clear

Original comment by vegang...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 6:54

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• Info.plist

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Hey Vegangeek....did you ever figure this out?  Which Info.plist file did you 
change?  

Original comment by Natha...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2010 at 3:58

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Issue 27 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by dmaclach on 2 Jun 2010 at 3:34

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NathanIV:
I changed the Info.plist inside the coverstory application bundle as noted in 
comment 10 and attached to 
comment 11.

Last time I tried, I was able to open a smaller sized group of files with my 
changed plist.

Original comment by vegang...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 3:39

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I too have had problems with this. 

I've changed the Info.plist inside the CoverStory app as recommended but 
CoverStory still freezes with the 
spinner active. The message box as previously says "Found 114 GCDA files to 
process." I've left it going for a 
good 20 minutes and still nothing. 

I've tried lots and lots of different things - cleaning and rebuilding etc. 
I've opened the coverage files using 
the command line gcov and I can open individual files in CoverStory fine, but 
when it comes to a whole folder 
it still fails loading.

I'm on Snow Leopard 10.6.3.

Original comment by jgedit...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2010 at 3:46

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Had the same problem with an iOS4 project. Dug into the code. In my case the 
problem was as follows:

The method processCoverageForFiles:inFolder: in CoverStoryDocument.m constructs 
a shell script and executes it via a GTMScriptRunner. The script runner invokes 
the script attaching pipes to stdout and stderr. Then it reads the data from 
stdout followed by the data from stderr. The problem is that stderr fills up 
with data and blocks the script from continuing.

I tried to modify the script runner to fix this but am not familiar enough with 
this area. In the end I hacked the shell script so that it just sent stderr to 
stdout:

      NSString *script
        = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cd \"%@\" && /usr/bin/xargs -0 \"%@\" -l -o \"%@\" < \"%@\" 2>&1",
           tempDir, gcovPath, folderPath, fileListPath];

This is good enough for me as a workaround for now. But I'd love to see a real 
fix.

Original comment by rdl...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2010 at 12:10

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I'm experiencing the same problem. The solution outline in comment 16 
(http://code.google.com/p/coverstory/issues/detail?id=21#c16) did the trick for 
me too. However I'd like to see a proper fix from the maintainers as I don't 
feel confident enough to poke in the code.

Original comment by jojo.rudolph@googlemail.com on 9 Aug 2011 at 2:11

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The issues with stdout/stderr were reported in 
http://code.google.com/p/coverstory/issues/detail?id=19&can=1, the but is 
actually in GTM 
http://code.google.com/p/google-toolbox-for-mac/issues/detail?id=25.  Please 
keep this bug on track on if there are problems with opening folders.

Original comment by thoma...@gmail.com on 22 Jul 2012 at 12:48

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The work around from comment 16 is working for me as well. I also submitted a 
patch to fix this bug to:
http://code.google.com/p/google-toolbox-for-mac/issues/detail?id=25#c3

I'm hoping a project member can take a look.

Original comment by dlre...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2013 at 6:35

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I am facing the same problem as in comment #15. CoverStory freezes with spinner 
active. The message box says "Found 241 GCDA files to process."

But it is working fine for 160 or less files in my iMac.

I am using Mac OS X 10.7.4, CoverStory 4.3.0 

Original comment by naveen.s...@gmail.com on 8 Mar 2013 at 6:51

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Should be fixed in 4.4

Original comment by dmaclach on 12 Jul 2013 at 7:38

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