Glad you could fix it up! On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 7:12:05 AM UTC-4 Israel Hands wrote:
> Removing hat! > > Many, many thanks. I ran rxp - it found an illegal character. I deleted > it. All seems well. How thin the line is between triumph and disaster! > > Thanks for such timely and accurate help. > > IH > > > > On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 00:41:54 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> 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/d2c81551-43b6-4159-a71b-7c9c0ac31459n%40googlegroups.com.
