[OS X TeX] Latex file locks

koch at uoregon.edu koch at uoregon.edu
Sun Nov 29 19:08:17 CET 2020


George,

Your description is exactly how the bug works.

The trouble is that when the user starts typing and nothing appears in the source window, the temptation is to type nonsense

	qpweoirquwpeoriu

and move the cursor and type more nonsense

	aasdofiuasdf

before deciding that something is wrong and quitting. But after you reopen the file, the nonsense is there.

This is horrible, so I removed the "Find All" button. Thus users cannot run into the bug.

But that's not quite right. OgreKit modifies the Find menus in the program, so there is still a "Find All" menu choice and keyboard shortcut. This is removed in 4.52 and thus will be remove in the next release, whenever it occurs.

Dick Koch

> On Nov 29, 2020, at 9:11 AM, George Tourlakis <gt at cse.yorku.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Richard, all,
> 
> I am not sure if what I observed in 4.51 is related (never stayed with 4.50; 4.44 is still my “go back” version)
> to the symptoms others mentioned.
> 
> It is not that I cannot save the file. It saves alright and compiles. But you can’t see what you are doing.
> 
> Let me elaborate.
> 
> This phenomenon I always observed after the use of the “new Find” in its Find-all mode (Apple-shift-F). Once used, the cursor stays stuck.
> 
> Any input after this you cannot see. But it is saved, and the file compiles.
> 
> This seems to be slightly different —  to the best of my understanding of what others described?
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> George
> 
> 
>> On Nov 27, 2020, at 9:15 AM, koch at math.uoregon.edu <mailto:koch at math.uoregon.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Themis,
>> 
>> Aha. Done.
>> 
>> The file I tested is a TeX file created 20 years ago. It did have this attribute, with the 04 you report, but no 06. I'm willing to bet the 06 was the problem.
>> 
>> If you ever find out how that attribute was created, let us all know. 
>> 
>> Dick Koch
>> 
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