I'd run an XML parser on it to see if some kind of corruption has rendered the file not well-formed XML. I like to use rxp :
RXP <http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/rxp.html> IIRC, you need to give it a file: url: file:///c:/path/to/file. You run it on the file and it will echo it to the screen unless there is an XML error of some kind. It may be best to redirect the output to nul. Here is a typical session using an XML file where I introduced an error: C:\Users\tom>rxp file:///c:\temp\bad.xml >nul Warning: illegal backslashes in URL path "/c:\temp\bad.xml"replaced by slashes Warning: illegal backslashes in URL path "/c:\temp\bad.xml"replaced by slashes Error: Mismatched end tag: expected </sdsc>, got </entry> in unnamed entity at line 14 char 10 of file:///c:\temp\bad.xml If there is an XML error, you will probably be able to fix it by hand, and hopefully not lose much if any data. You do have a backup, right? :-) On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:26:10 PM UTC-4 Israel Hands wrote: > I spoke too soon - now I have an error message - > > bad .leo file: G-Sync-Tech-Contacts-20-04-21.leo > > I can open it in Notepad++ - the header looks like this - > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <!-- Created by Leo: http://leoeditor.com/leo_toc.html --> > <leo_file xmlns:leo="http://leoeditor.com/namespaces/leo-python-editor/1.1"; > > > <leo_header file_format="2"/> > <globals/> > <preferences/> > <find_panel_settings/> > <vnodes> > > > On Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at 22:54:16 UTC+1 Israel Hands wrote: > >> Sorry system details >> >> Leo 6.3, master branch, build e46e9315f6 >> 2020-11-10 00:33:16 -0600 >> Python 3.7.3, PyQt version 5.12.3 >> Windows 10 AMD64 (build 10.0.19041) SP0 >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, 15 June 2021 at 22:52:08 UTC+1 Israel Hands wrote: >> >>> I have a file I use to jot down passwords and useful info and every now >>> and then I save a copy with a new date. As you can understand It is a file >>> I'm very attached to and it is always open. >>> >>> This bit may or may not be relevant! >>> Today I fancied changing the basic font size - my eyes are getting old >>> fast so I went to Edit Settings in the Settings menu and changed the >>> @string font-size = 14pt to @string font-size = 16pt >>> >>> At some point later I wanted to check an entry in my master password >>> file and noticed it wasn't open - strange. I selected it from recent files >>> >>> But lo nothing happens >>> >>> I get an entry in the log file >>> >>> Reading settings in D:/Sync_Disk/xxxxxxxxx.leo with the right path and >>> file name but no file opens. >>> >>> If I use Open-Outline from the File menu - it also fails. But no error >>> messages of any kind. >>> >>> Should shoot myself now or just start drinking heavily? >>> >>> ta >>> >>> IH >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/589261ec-797e-48d8-a98b-8383029d250en%40googlegroups.com.
