NVDA hangs and must be restarted. I haven't found another means of recovering. The following appears in the logs:
DEBUGWARNING - watchdog._watcher (16:17:58.177):
Trying to recover from freeze, core stack:
File "nvda.pyw", line 214, in <module>
File "core.pyo", line 508, in main
File "wx\core.pyo", line 2134, in MainLoop
File "gui\__init__.pyo", line 963, in Notify
File "core.pyo", line 481, in run
File "braille.pyo", line 2131, in pumpAll
File "braille.pyo", line 1873, in handlePendingCaretUpdate
File "braille.pyo", line 1879, in _doCursorMove
File "braille.pyo", line 1008, in update
File "braille.pyo", line 427, in update
File "louis\__init__.pyo", line 157, in translate
WARNING - watchdog._watcher (16:18:13.220):
Core frozen in stack:
File "nvda.pyw", line 214, in <module>
File "core.pyo", line 508, in main
File "wx\core.pyo", line 2134, in MainLoop
File "gui\__init__.pyo", line 963, in Notify
File "core.pyo", line 481, in run
File "braille.pyo", line 2131, in pumpAll
File "braille.pyo", line 1873, in handlePendingCaretUpdate
File "braille.pyo", line 1879, in _doCursorMove
File "braille.pyo", line 1008, in update
File "braille.pyo", line 427, in update
File "louis\__init__.pyo", line 157, in translate
DEBUGWARNING - RPC process 11964 (nvda_slave.exe) (16:18:20.325):
Python warning:
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\library.zip\configobj.py:28: DeprecationWarning: The compiler package is deprecated and removed in Python 3.x.
Reading of the text, and simultaneous braille translation, without a hang.
NVDA installed under Windows 10 1803 build 17134.254, x64. Contracted braille enabled (US English Grade II)
installed.
2018.3 beta 4, also seen under beta 3, which was the first beta of 2018.3 that I tried.
Chrome 69 - also experienced under chrome 68.
I don't think I encountered this issue under 2018.2.1.
Steps to reproduce:
Actual behavior:
NVDA hangs and must be restarted. I haven't found another means of recovering. The following appears in the logs:
Expected behavior:
Reading of the text, and simultaneous braille translation, without a hang.
System configuration:
NVDA installed under Windows 10 1803 build 17134.254, x64. Contracted braille enabled (US English Grade II)
NVDA Installed/portable/running from source:
installed.
NVDA version:
2018.3 beta 4, also seen under beta 3, which was the first beta of 2018.3 that I tried.
Windows version:
Windows 10 1803 version 17134.254
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
Chrome 69 - also experienced under chrome 68.
Other information about your system:
Other questions:
Does the issue still occur after restarting your PC?
yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA?
I don't think I encountered this issue under 2018.2.1.