Thanks - just seen the headline - I'm going to dive in now! Ta IH On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 23:33:21 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
> Hey, @Israel, take a look at the new thread I just posted on Freewin. > Freewin grew out of that thread on Zettelkasten that you started over a > year ago. Remember that? > > On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 9:01:39 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> 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/9b307f83-033d-45b7-8f26-5c4d5d020a6fn%40googlegroups.com.
